false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
I see; that's right; indeed
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
use; utilization; utilisation; application
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
quickly; calmly; intently
ago; since; before; previous
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled