ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to beat time; to mark time
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
moving to new seats; moving to new desks
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
that's a different matter; that's a different story
naked eye; the physical eye
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
these guys; these fellows
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to be flexible; to be accommodating
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
in the meanwhile; during the time
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)