basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to become attached; to begin to love
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to beat to death; to kill
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
capable of anything; liable to do
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
match declared drawn due to injury
good-for-nothing; worthless
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
reset; fresh start; new beginning
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
from the beginning; from scratch
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out