collection of books; (personal) library
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
classification; categorization; sorting
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
being frank; going so far as to say
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
one way or the other; either way
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
answering machine; answer phone
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
place; room; margin; scope