to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
attendant; valet; servant; follower
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
in that way; like that; that way
to jar; to creak; to grate
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
short distance; short range; short-haul
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask