slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
interval; break; pause; spare moment
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to shout (in anger); to yell
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
confusion; mixing; merger
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
commitment; pledge; promise
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
patterns of thinking; train of thought
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...