doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
confidence; trust; faith; credit
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to degenerate; to lapse into
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
two things that are superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
head of the student council; president of the student council
that's a different matter; that's a different story
separate; respective; different
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
contemplation; meditation
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
to be too numerous; to be too much
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
somewhat below; slightly below
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher