sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
waiting for the (traffic) lights to change; waiting for a green signal
fast-talking; rapid talking
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
reading partway; leaving half-read
polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
window blind; blinds; blind
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
living; lifestyle; living room
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
low table; table with very short legs
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
having missing teeth; toothlessness
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house