to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
digital versatile disc; DVD
if you think about it; come to think of it
this and that; one thing or another
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
easy to read; legible; clear
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
correction; revision; amendment
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
vigorously ...; suddenly ...
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
settlement; solution; resolution
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality