to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
to be boiled; to be cooked
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
failure; mistake; blunder
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to get along well with; to make a go of it
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
carelessly; inattentively
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
patient; unhurried; leisurely
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted