decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
(social) position; status
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
another's parent; another's parents
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
indictment; prosecution; complaint
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
what do you want?; can I help you?
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
this (very thing); this precisely
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
this for sure; certainly is
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
craving; longing; thirsting
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
other than; excluding; without
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse