advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to indicate a wish for
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
(in the same way) as before; as always
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison; contact
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart