in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to recall; to remember; to recollect
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
(someone else's) child; child; kid
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to spend time (on doing something)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
business world; business circles; (the) industry
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
jockey's racing uniform; one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc.
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on