flour; meal; powder; dust
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
particular; hard to please; fussy
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
clear writing; specification
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
no problem; it doesn't matter
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
sudden impulse; passing fancy
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
police; police officer; police station
(not) enough; (in)sufficiently; (un)satisfactorily
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
riskiness; (level of) danger
in the same manner as before; the same as always
original intention; initial resolution
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
trauma (usu. psychological)
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway