passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
future; possible; potential; prospective
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
originally; by nature; from the start
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
future prospects; promise
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
act of mercy; helping another person
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
one-way mirror; two-way mirror
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm