entreaty; appeal; petition
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
to happen to meet; to come across
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
microminiature; ultraminiature; ultra-small
cancellation; abandonment
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
good performance; good work; great success
release; emission; ejection
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
adherence; sticking (to); fixation
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to harm; to cause harm to
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
to form a pair (pairs); to partner
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
(electric) torch; flashlight
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement