refusal; rejection; denial; veto
space; interval; space character; whitespace
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
difference; disparity; gap
foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
whole book; whole volume; whole story
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
protruding tooth; overbite; bucktooth
foreign; abroad; overseas
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting); scraping a surface clean
to degenerate; to lapse into
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere