faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
military school; military academy
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
no vacancy; full occupancy
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to find out; to discover; to locate
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to waste time; to kill time
tool; implement; means; furniture
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering