to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
remembrance; recollection; recognition
general; popular; common; typical
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
symbol; code; sign; notation
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
simplified version; abridged edition
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
in spite of; regardless of
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to repeat; to do something over again
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted