refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
apparent; obvious; very clear
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
softly; mildly; gently; politely
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
no, not like that (but like this)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
school building; schoolhouse
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
tough schedule; heavy schedule; hectic schedule; tight schedule
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
secret; private; surreptitious
nausea; sickness in the stomach
difficult to ...; hard to ...
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple