feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
near; close; beside; third person
beyond that point; after that
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to do together; to share; to participate in
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
another time; some other time
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
leader; authority; mainstay
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
each nation; many nations; many countries
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
punishment; judgement; judgment