scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
unprincipled; inconstant; unscrupulous
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to come and go; to go back and forth
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
peril; danger; hazard; distress
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
round (table, collar, etc.); round; round; round (of a competition); round (of talks, esp. multilateral trade negotiations)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
fate; destiny; predestination
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
notice; attention; observation
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
making an attempt; trial run
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
probability; likelihood; chances
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps