though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
same; similar; (just) like; equal
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to concern; to be related
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
(find) common (meeting) ground
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to be able to manage somehow or another
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
had better ...; had better not ...
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
outsider; someone outside of a group
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability