to play a central role; to take a leading part
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
Kojien (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
big frame; large figure; huge body
to become distant; to recede
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
righteousness; justice; right
lading; loading; carrying
it's been a long time; long time no see
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
complication; confusion; disorder
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
different opinion; objection
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
number of persons; personnel
to push aside; to push one's way through
dreadnought (class of warships)
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
metal fittings; metal fixtures