making practical; making useful; implementing
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
beginning; outset; first; onset
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
number one; first; best; most; game; round
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
such; like that; that sort of; very
time; hour; period; class
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
popular name; common name; given name
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
final adjustment; final coordination
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
final scene; the end; finale
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long