regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
if you think about it; come to think of it
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to cause to embrace; to combine; to conjoin; to sell strong-selling products and poorly selling products together as a package
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
sons and daughters; children; girl
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to explain adequately; to be accountable
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids