to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
interior; inside; internal
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
depiction; description; portrayal
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
attendance; presence; appearance
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
basket; basketball; basket cloth
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
unframed painting; unframed drawing; suddenly coming up from behind and overtaking on the outside (keirin)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)