straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
discipline; training; teaching manners
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
little finger; pinky; little toe
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
something like ...; something called ...
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
reaction; response; reaction
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
only recently; just of late
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back