reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to have meaning; to be meaningful
writing; composition; essay; sentence
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to step forward; to volunteer
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
same crime; being equally guilty
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
as before; as ever; as it was originally
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
school building; schoolhouse
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
triangle; triangular shape
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about