maintenance; preservation; improvement
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
virtue; charm; merit; good point
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
narrow; thin (sized); slender
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits