pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
sense of being victimized; aggrieved feelings; victim mentality; victim's mind
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
to detain; to check; to restrain
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
three; three years of age
low (level, value, price, etc.)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
bicuspid valve; mitral valve
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy