readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
it is I who should say so
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how; in what way; in what manner
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
how long; how much; to what extent
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
trauma (usu. psychological)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
loveable; very likeable; like very much
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
little finger; pinky; little toe
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)