painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
to raise one's voice; to shout
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to move forward; to move on
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
conversely; on the contrary
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
innumerable; countless; numberless
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to apologize; to apologise
orders; instructions; directive; command
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
round shape; circle; circular form
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
battle formation; military formation
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind