fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
various matters; everything
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to be needed; to be wanted
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
excessive; too much; unreasonable
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
addition; annexation; appendage
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
bequest; relic; cherished (by the deceased); treasured
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
desperation; self-abandonment
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
intention; idea; inclination; wish