to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what somebody wants
personality; character; individuality; personhood
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
interval; step; pitch; key
cobra twist; abdominal stretch
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
princess; daughter of a nobleman
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
practice; practising; training; study