-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
application; request; petition
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(plain) hot water; boiled water
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
three; three years of age
observation; survey; watching
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being