payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
boisterously; roughly; briskly
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
righteousness; justice; right
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
I see; that's right; indeed
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to be helpful; to be useful
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to collapse; to flop (onto)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat