pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to live; to make a living; to get on with
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
about when; about what time; how soon
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
billow; surge; large wave
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
care; precaution; guarding; caution
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
critical condition; being on the verge of death
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
(medical) doctor; physician
matter of time; question of time
hospitalization; hospitalisation
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation