ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
(spirit of) independence and self-respect
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to concern; to be related
offering a full report to a superior
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
reform; reformation; reorganization
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)
armed forces; military; troops
maintenance; preservation; improvement
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
site; point on a map; spot
affected part; diseased part; wound
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
switching over to; migration; transition
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem