consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
one or two; a few; small number
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
environmental problem; environmental issue
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
ending up right back where one started
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse