pure; true; genuine; unmixed
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
dirty mind; conniving mind; self-interested thinking
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to wash away; to rinse off
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
outward; superficial; external; apparent
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
garbage day; rubbish collection day
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
finally; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)