criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
relish; gusto; appreciation
to adorn; to decorate; to dress up; to build up
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
reduction by half; halving
sympathy; empathy; response
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
student (esp. a university student)
another family; another house
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
freely; frankly; without reserve
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
higher rank; better position
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects