front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
such; like that; that sort of
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to take (be in) charge of
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
close; intimate; on good terms
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
maximum allowable single-day gain (stock exchange, commodities trading, etc.); stop high; limit high
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
maintenance; preservation; improvement
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
area; region; district; locality
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth