dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
visual hallucination; vision
to make sense; to be meaningful
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
main; principal; chief; primary; major
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
mature in age and wisdom; middle-aged
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
perfectly round; perfectly circular
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
to live through; to survive
specialization; specialisation
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
you could say that; that might be so
when; how soon; how long until