self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
big problem; major issue; big controversy
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
because; for; the reason why is ...
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
distrust; unjust suspicion
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
strong reaction (against); (transplant) rejection
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward
(already) known; established
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow