dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
address; address; email address; addressing (the ball)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
chalk; choke (hold); choke (of an engine)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
television program; TV program
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
friendly relations; social relations; social life
roadway; road; carriageway
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to keep standing; to stand motionless
breakthrough; great discovery
tingling; stinging; pungently
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
not yet known; unknown; strange
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)