to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
expression; presentation; representation; notation
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
suffix for familiar person
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
how can (one) do something
to become better; to improve
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
acceleration; speeding up
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
middle of the night; dead of night
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)