long time; several hours; long spell
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
about; concerning; related to; -ish
visit (from someone); call
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
capacity; volume; capacitance
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
great difference; major mistake
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
woman; lady; adult female
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
what proportion; what percentage