something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
minimum; at the very least
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
hard to handle; difficult to handle; awkward to handle; hard to deal with; unwieldy
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
if you do this; if this is the case
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
intensive; concentrated; focused
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
two equal parts; exactly two parts
to bend; to warp; to curve
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
backflip; backward somersault
with a snap; with a crack
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
even in the worst case; no matter how bad things get; whatever happens; under any circumstances
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
simple and clear; plain and simple
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger