to be lacking in options; to be too few
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
waiting room; duty room; standby room
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
how; how much; to what extent; no matter how (much); however
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
firm promise; definite promise
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
to keep (a person) waiting
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
along the road; along the way
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
commencing with; including
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
professor; teaching; instruction
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)