just a minute; small quantity
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
delivery; transfer; hand-over
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to surround; to crowd around
to be injured; to sustain a wound
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
accomplishment; execution
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
to take (be in) charge of
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
at least; at most; (even) just
entreaty; supplication; petition
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
chief; main; principal; important