residence; housing; residential building
possible; likely; probable
to be able to manage somehow or another
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
difficult to ...; hard to ...
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
proposal; offer; request; application
very interesting; of great interest
breakthrough; great discovery
beyond that point; after that
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
person who dislikes smoking; anti-smoker; militant nonsmoker
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
decision; settlement; definition
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
go that far; to that extent
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)