to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to be transparent; to show through
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to have a reason; to have an excuse
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
this occasion; at this time; now
in all sincerity; truthfully; honestly
utmost limit; extremity; result
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)