even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
early (days); initial stage; initial
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
form (esp. in Aristotelian philosophy)
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
course; route; path; process; means
just one person; only one
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to be helpful; to be useful
cooperation; collaboration
one's physical safety; personal security
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)