consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
January; first month of the lunar calendar
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
people; men and women; each person; everybody
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
every year; yearly; annually
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to become fraught with emotion
to pay attention; to be watchful
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
warm; snug; cozy; cosy; comfortable; pleasant
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base