language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
chair; stool; post; office; position
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to spend time (on doing something)
within; inside of; less than
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
three; three years of age
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
preface; foreword; preamble
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
price; cost; value; worth; value
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
not necessarily so; is not always true
complete; whole; perfect; safe
short essay; pamphlet; tract
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute