penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
serious; severe; grave; acute
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
example; illustration; precedent
trifling; trivial; insignificant
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
author; writer; novelist; artist
possible; probable; likely; preferable; desirable
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
literal translation; direct translation
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
everyday life; daily life
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to be noteworthy; to be worthy of attention
truth is stranger than fiction
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits