prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
control of the air; air supremacy
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
dawning (of a new era); dawn
middle period; medium-term
right to know; right to access information
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
as if nothing had happened
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
quarrel; dispute; argument
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)