yearned for; longed for; missed
be (that) as it may; having said that
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
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
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
attenuation; damping; decay
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
up in a tree; in the trees
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to jump at; to be attracted by
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)