grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
everyday life; daily life
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
manner of using one's hands
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
plural; multiple; several
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
free (of charge); gratuitous
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
reopening; resumption; restarting
Western paper; paper manufactured in the Western manner
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest