advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to be lacking in options; to be too few
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
interest; rights; concession
a second time; again; once more; twice
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
grandfather; male senior-citizen
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly