manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously
arbitrariness; self-will; whim
voluntary; optional; free; elective
reinforcement; strengthening
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
region; limits; stage; level
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
vicious circle; vicious cycle
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
one's physical safety; personal security
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)