signature pose; trademark pose
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to be discouraged; to shrink from
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
custom; habit; customary practice
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to sprout; to put forth buds
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
light pink; light crimson
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
trivial; not amounting to much
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
head start; initiative; preemption
no way to do; nothing can be done
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood