to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to thrust away; to send flying
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
ash; embers; complete destruction
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
book making (binding, publishing)
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
counter for books; volume
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to affect; to impact; to influence
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate