burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
club activities; extracurricular activities
adviser; advisor; consultant
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
open; public; official; overt
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to surround; to crowd around
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
woman; female; feminine gender
man; male; masculine gender
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
this and that; various things
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
if you think about it; come to think of it
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
after the end (of something); post-
very small difference (esp. in time); tiny interval
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
this is why; this means; it is the case that
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out