distinction; differentiation; classification
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
tool; implement; means; furniture
left side; left-hand side
not understanding; not knowing
if you do this; if this is the case
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
anything and everything; just about everything
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to paint (draw) a picture
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
other side; opposite side; other party
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
right side; right-hand side
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
elementary; basic; rudimentary
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
registration; accession; register; entry; record
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to begin to walk; to set out
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
abuse; misuse; perversion