to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
patient; unhurried; leisurely
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
failure; mistake; blunder
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
company; corporation; workplace
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
perfect; complete; flawless
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
you could say; you might say; verging on the
business; trade; operations; sales
enterprise; business; company; corporation
(temporary) closure of school
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement