a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
being on duty; person on duty
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
surely (not); certainly (not)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
tenth day of the month; ten days
second day of the month; two days
eighth day of the month; eight days
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
shock therapy; shock treatment
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
rather; sooner; preferably
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
menial; meanness; servility; abject
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
what's what; heads or tails
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)