to put on airs; to assume importance
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
memory; ability to remember
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
thicket; coppice; brushwood
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
forest bathing; forest therapy; peaceful walk through the woods for health benefits
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
burr (e.g. on a machined edge)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)