to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
long time; several hours; long spell
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
becoming stereotyped; becoming tedious; becoming repetitive; becoming routine; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
too (much); overly; excessively
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
(Internet) troll; disturber; raising havoc; laying waste; robbery; holdup
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
to repeat; to do over again
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
pointing out; identification
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
senior; veteran; old-timer
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation