low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to spend time (on doing something)
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
cooperation; collaboration
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
final; eventual; ultimate
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to intend; to be sure that
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
unfairness; injustice; partiality
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on