example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be worth it; to pay; to be profitable
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
revenge; having a second go (at something)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
war; battle; match; game; competition
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble