pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
to play a leading role; to play a central part
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
advisory level; warning level
to give directions; to issue instructions
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
special training; intensive training; crash course
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
(finishing something) suddenly; abruptly
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
age thirty; one's thirties
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
section manager; section chief