true intention; underlying motive
criticism; commentary; review
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
indirection; indirectness
Haltman; Hartman; Hartmann
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
harboring; harbouring; cherishing; entertaining
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
construction; architecture (of buildings)
continuously; unbroken; at great length; in minute detail
to complain; to pester; to plead; to beg
suggestiveness (of a poem); lingering charm; lasting impression