poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to do together; to share; to participate in
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
reading aloud; recitation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
single word; a few words; brief comment
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
two persons; two people; pair; couple
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
when it becomes; when it comes to
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful