action; operation; effect; function
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
the other day; a few days ago
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
working group; task force
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
objection; dissent; protest
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
hooting; jeering; heckling
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
particularly; only; in the case of
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
life or death; existence; destiny
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to hold fast; to protect to the end