leading part; leading actor; leading actress
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
living; lifestyle; living room
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
the place for; the time for; the level of
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
mellow (flavor or fragrance; esp. of alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
modesty; humility; being humble
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
easy to read; legible; clear
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to think of; to come up with
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing
to feel depressed; to be down
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
intercept; interception; counter-attack
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant