hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
preservation; retainment; keeping
priority; order of precedence
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
degeneration; retrogression
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
plainly; clearly; vividly
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to split; to be split; to splinter
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
losing weight; slimming; lean person
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
going through; going via; going by way of
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to be discouraged; to shrink from
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
social networking service; SNS
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
severe criticism; damnation
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to receive a favorable reputation; to get good reviews; to meet with a favorable reception