irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
reopening; resumption; restarting
accurate; correct; precise; exact
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
almost; roughly; approximately
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
that is to say; so that means
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to relax; to feel at home
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
long ago; a long time ago; already
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium