for the present; for the time being
rational; reasonable; logical
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
mental image; mental picture; image
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to cry and shout; to scream
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
surveillance camera; security camera
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to assemble; to set up; to construct
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
smallish; on the small side
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)