the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
injured person; wounded person
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
willpower; energy; vitality
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
regarding highly; attaching importance to
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
solution; solution strategy
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
the other day; lately; recently
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
two times; twice; two degrees
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
growth period (in children)
menu; schedule; program; menu
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
single standard; single base; single-feature show
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor