settlement; solution; resolution
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
singing or chanting in unison
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
overseas student; exchange student
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
that is to say; so that means
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
accessible; approachable; easy to approach
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace