to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to be sooty; to be stained
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions; to work someone hard; to order around; to boss
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
news; word; tidings; omen
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
knowing; (an) acquaintance
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
money in one's possession