(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to breathe out; to exhale
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
treatment (of a person); dealing with
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
study; diligence; discount; reduction
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
results; record; grades; marks
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
naturally; of course; understandably
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
is something that; is that which
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
absence; disregard; indifference
step; stride; counter for steps
Amazon (river, rainforest etc.); Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else