loved one; lover; sweetheart
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to entrust; to leave to a person
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
main force; chief object; mainline
notice; attention; observation
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
capillary vessel; capillary
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
one large ...; a great ...
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
blunder; slip; error; error
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
fixed date; settlement date
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
absentmindedness; peace of mind
several minutes; a few minutes
example; illustration; precedent
sense of duty (obligation)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook