change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
that's the way it is; such is life
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to kick into (e.g. a ball into a goal)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
firm; unshakeable; resolute
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
general idea; concept; notion
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
beyond that point; after that
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to be able to manage somehow or other
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)