flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
drop of water; polka dots
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
right triangle; right-angled triangle
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to pierce through; to break through
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to rise; to erect; to get up
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
another time; some other time