achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
non-combustible waste; non-burnable rubbish
recyclable garbage; recyclable waste
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
just a minute; small quantity
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
other side; opposite side; other party
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
variation in color (colour); having a different color
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
coloring; colouring; adding color; adding colour
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase