brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
last night; yesterday evening
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
pride; dignity; self-worth
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
high; noble; refined; advanced
interest (in something); enthusiasm
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
another thing; other things; another man's property
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to defy conventional wisdom
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior