acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
beloved child; dear child
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
hair pin; hairclip; hairgrip; bobby pin
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
finally; in the end; on top of all that
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
desperately; for one's dear life
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
speech and conduct; words and deeds
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to some extent; to a certain extent
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
period of time; time slot; time zone
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead