to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
together; at the same time; same; identical
in the meanwhile; during the time
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
such ... as; or some such
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
story; tale; talk; discussion
notice; attention; observation
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
retainer; retinue; servant
the relation of master to servant
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done