spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
group; party; team; squad; section
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to pick up; to find; to gather
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
nothing but; none other than
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
record keeper; recorder; archivist
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to be found; to be discovered
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
that is to say; so that means
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning