very loose; slowly; leisurely
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to apologize; to apologise
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
memories; recollections; reminiscence
rather; sooner; preferably
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
family; relatives; dependents; household
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
abusive language; violent language; wild words
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
government official; clerk
to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
different thing; another question; different case