taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
how many months?; how long?
contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
postal service; post service
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
going around; patrol; round; tour
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
verbal message; word (from someone)
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to correct oneself; to restate
disinheritance; disowning
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
young girl; lass; adolescent female
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency