product name; name of an article
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
derailment; digression; deviation
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
return; relapse; recurrence
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
pointing out; identification
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
one's family; family member
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
returning from school; going home from school