ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
chair; stool; post; office; position
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to order; to command; to appoint
index finger; forefinger; second toe
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
comfort; consolation; diversion
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
hostility; animosity; enmity