elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
substantial matter; significant item
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
thickness; profundity; depth
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to taste; to try (food or drink)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
pride; dignity; self-respect
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to badger; to pester; to beg
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to be too late; to be too slow
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
duty; function; office; mission; task
cutting in line; queue jumping
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being