to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
manly; masculine; like a man
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
sexy; popular; well-liked
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
considerably; greatly; a lot
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
after school (at the end of the day)
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares