middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
massing (of troops); gathering
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.)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
person concerned; interested party; related party
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to shed light; to cast light
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake