serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
intelligence; intellect; brains
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
confections; sweets; candy; cake
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
child; childish person; immature person
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
to be helpful; to be useful
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
village headman; village mayor
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
being very busy; busyness