place; situation; position; location
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
rather; better; instead; if anything
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
Violin Sonata No. 2 (Ravel)
clear; distinct; evident; definite
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
to thrust down; to push off
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)