to show signs of; to appear
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to join forces; to cooperate
just a minute; small quantity
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
R; r; radius; curve; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-); refrigerator
young girl; lass; adolescent female
directly opposite; right in front
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
white horse; unrefined sake
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
considerably; fairly; quite
salary reduction; salary cut
demotion; relegation; downgrading
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
triumphant return; returning in triumph
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
way of the sword; swordsmanship