basis for decision; evidence for judging
to take over; to hand over
communication skills; communication ability
just because; even if; even though
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
you could say; you might say; verging on the
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
commuting to school; school commute
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
to get strong; to gain strength
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
action; operation; effect; function
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so