ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
impossible; unlikely; improbable
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
to distribute; to hand out
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
training; drill; practice; discipline
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
correction; rectification; mending; repair
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary