first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
homekeeping; housekeeping; housewifery
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
a lot; to a very great extent; absolutely
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
whereabout; about where; how much
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to cross the line; to go too far
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
everyday life; daily life
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
courting; wooing; making advances
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
process; course; mechanism
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
world; society; people; the public
Sarukanigassen (folktale); The Monkey and the Crab
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
defeating in an instant; instant kill
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up