sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
answering machine; answerphone
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
date on which the event is to take place
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
turning sideways; landscape orientation
suspension system (of a vehicle); undercarriage; area around one's feet; footwear
corpulence; fatness; obesity
soft; flabby; spongy; mushy; soggy
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
tuft of hair under the temple; sideburns; sidelocks
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to be filled to bursting; to burst
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
to cut (food) into chunks; to chop into lumps
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)