slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
popular name; common name; given name
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
tawny brown; dark vermillion
small; fine; detailed; stingy
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
in succession; one by one
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
beyond imagination; unimaginable
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
reaching; attaining; arrival
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
private funds; own funds; private property
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme