to miss out on going; to fail to go
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
anything and everything; just about everything
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to recover consciousness; to come to
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
after school (at the end of the day)
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
foreign; abroad; overseas
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
living; lifestyle; living room
study; library; den; home office; reading room