standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
number of persons; personnel
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
such ... as; or some such
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
weak point; unskillfulness
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
such; like that; that sort of; very
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
way (of doing); manner; method; means
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station