easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
extinction; annihilation; destruction
migratory fish; straddling fish stocks
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes)
environmentally friendly; eco-friendly
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
most part; greater part; majority
how long; how far; how much
to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
increase (in an amount of money)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to face (a situation); to encounter; to be confronted with
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
competent; suitable; qualified
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
garden (esp. with trees); park
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
water heater; (domestic) boiler
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services
fully prepared; all ready
sunscreen; sunblock; sun cream; suntan lotion
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
trunks; shorts (e.g. seaside use)
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
coating (esp. lacquering)
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to become red; to redden; to blush
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound