making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
from the beginning; from scratch
sympathy; compassion; pity
stairs; stairway; staircase
to fall off; to tumble down
to lose one's footing; to slip
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
illegitimate child; secret love child
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to do someone in; to bump someone off
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
mental; spiritual; emotional
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
conduct; behavior; behaviour