positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
to quicken one's pace (steps)
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
April Fools' Day; April fool
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
syringe (usu. a bulb syringe); dropper; fountain pen filler
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
May Queen (potato variety)
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
looking away; looking aside
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
boisterously; roughly; briskly
(projection) screen; the silver screen; the film world; movies
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
photograph for passports, ID cards, etc. (usu. 4x3cm)