white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
fate; chance; relationship; tie
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
no!; no no!; no, not at all
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
selection; choice; option
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
with a start; with a jump