a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
even though; despite; when
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to think of; to come up with
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
overlooking; letting a good ball go by
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different