to soothe; to calm; to pacify
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
sooner or later; in time; eventually
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to detain; to check; to restrain
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
official announcement; proclamation
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
just managing; with great difficulty
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to be found; to be discovered
to be helpful; to be useful
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
ago; since; before; previous
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to become pale; to turn pale
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
(linguistic) competence; language capability
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)