alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
every night comes to an end; every night sees a dawn
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
practice; practising; experience
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
deadly serious; deadly earnest
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to let out a cry; to shout
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity