direct appeal; direct petition
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
certificate of merit; testimonial
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
(school) recital; school concert; class presentation; presentation (for a new product, etc.); announcement event; launch event
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
second division; secondary division
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
end; close; conclusion; termination
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
deliverables; delivered product
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
with a (heavy) creak; with a (dull) squeak; with a grating sound; with a rasping sound
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
secretariat; executive office