period of time; time slot; time zone
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
spectrum (radio, etc.); spectral; spectra
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to order; to command; to appoint
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to step forward; to take a step forward
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
episode; anecdote; vignette
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
drinking party; get-together
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of