to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
point in question (at issue)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to rant and rave; to raise hell
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
came here; coming here; recently
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability