late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
all you want; as much as one wants
business; errand; nature of one's business
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
expiration (of a term); maturity (e.g. investment); serving one's (full) time
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
penalty for contract breach
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to explain; to dispel doubts
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
directly opposite; right in front
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything