criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
professionalism; professional awareness
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
that; the matter in question
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
(Chinese) chili oil; chile oil; chilli oil
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
fixed amount (of money); fixed sum; flat sum
unlimited viewing; watching as much as one likes
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
Japanese film; Japanese painting
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded