hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
(social) position; status
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
not necessarily so; is not always true
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
in the same way as; just like
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt