clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
to be found; to be discovered
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
young girl; lass; adolescent female
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
vexing; irritating; impatient
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
generation; the world; the age
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
many; much; plenty; hardly
difference; discrepancy; variation
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
war; fighting; fierce competition
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
indivisible; unconvincing; incomprehensible; unaccounted for
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding