incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
due to the fact that; because of
lacking a plan; haphazard
preliminary investigation; preparation
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
business hours; opening hours; office hours
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
cooperation; collaboration
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
my personal (e.g. opinion)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
educational visit (e.g. by a class); educational field trip
it's not like; it isn't as if
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; JAXA
leaving everything up to someone else
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
had better ...; had better not ...
to live; to make a living; to get on with
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...