refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
settlement; solution; resolution
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
volunteer activities; volunteerism
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
place; situation; position; location
immediately; right away; on the spot
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
quite; utterly; really; completely
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt