difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
living by oneself; living alone
honorific/polite/humble prefix
water for washing or moistening one's hands
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
Italian food; Italian cooking; Italian cuisine
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
(overnight) stay; lodging
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
pajama party; pyjama party; slumber party
trouble; bother; annoyance
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted