far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
root; joint; base; crotch
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
since when; from when; how long
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
bikini armor (e.g. in anime, video games); skimpy armor
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
summertime; summer season
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
aquatic (life); living in the water
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
picking; collecting; harvesting
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
two colours; two varieties; two types
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else