special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
maintenance; preservation; improvement
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
as before; as ever; as it was originally
all; entire; whole; altogether
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
one by one; one after another; successively
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
light; faint; pale; fleeting
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
simple honesty; tactless frankness