complete change; about-face
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
that day; the very same day
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still