white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
all night long; all through the night
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
outsider; someone outside of a group
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
treasure house; storage for valuable property
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
way of talking; speaking style
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
gap moe; attraction or infatuation caused by a "gap" between a person's appearance or expected behavior and their true nature or actions
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
to stop walking; to pause
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to scribble (down); to write quickly; to dash off
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered