early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
way; method; means; resource; course
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
number of characters; number of letters
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
every year; yearly; annually
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
enumeration; citation; listing
confusion; distraction; derangement
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
in terms of; from the point of view of
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
in a day; in a brief space of time
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
sewing; needlework; embroidery
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
singularity; singular point
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
to be entwined; to be involved
un-Japanese in appearance or character
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through