hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
in comparison to; rather than
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
it is not (like that) either
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
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)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
understood; I see; OK; present; here
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to be expensive; to be costly
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful