expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
consequence; outcome; result; blame
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
negative personality; asocial type
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
secret; private; surreptitious
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda