offensive (movement); aggression
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
invitation; introduction; temptation
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
menial; meanness; servility; abject
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
regulation; adjustment; control
semi-transparent; translucent
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to be erected; to be built