thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
how long; how much; to what extent
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
skill; dexterity; proficiency
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to bring up under one's personal care
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
wherein; therein; thereinto
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
the West; the Occident; Western countries
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
Japanese person; Japanese people
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)