business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
good (place to leave off); convenient
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
split; division; break up
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
older sister and younger brother
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to live; to make a living; to get on with
good (place to leave off); convenient
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
nature; property; disposition
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
tingling; stinging; pungently
to mind; to care; to worry
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?