tool; implement; means; furniture
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
calm; composed; cool; quiet
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
hostility; antagonism; opposition
impossible to do (although wants to)
having said that; on the other hand
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
older employee who does not have much actual work
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
the other day; lately; recently
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to freeze; to refrigerate
very young; little; childish; immature
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
final; eventual; ultimate
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase