to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to begin to walk; to set out
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
gentle; mild; meek; tender
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to shed light; to cast light
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
presence (impressive quality)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
settlement; solution; resolution
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
in search of; in order to look for
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
never mind!; don't worry about it
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate