secondary; of secondary importance
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
dull sound; muffled sound
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
process; course; mechanism
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
to be able to manage somehow or other
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to approach; to draw near
resentment; indignation; anger
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to spit out; to eject; to dump
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
youthful; young; young-looking
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
visualization (of data, results, etc.); visualisation; making visible (something that was previously unseen); recording (a police interrogation)