obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
simply; merely; only; solely
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
woman; female; feminine gender
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to collect; to assemble; to gather
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
good humour (humor); good mood
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance