hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to provide; to arrange; to install
dresser; dressing table; vanity table
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
mental; spiritual; emotional
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
progress; advance; making (good) progress
detached; aloof; indifferent
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
instead; but (on the other hand)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
complete stranger; total stranger
conviction; belief; confidence
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument