safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
manuscript; version; draft
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
increased volume or quantity
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
under development; in development
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to compose; to put together
twice; again; second time
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
graphics; graphic; graphic magazine; pictorial magazine
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism