easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
different opinion; objection
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)