suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
dissection; disconnection; diaeresis
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu
suffix appended to someone else's family members
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
invasion; infestation; damage (due to a medical procedure, infection, etc.)
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
pride; dignity; self-worth
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
outcome (esp. of illness); result; consequence
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
(not) even with; (not) even using
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
person concerned; interested party; related party
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart