highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
beyond this point; from now on; after this
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
rather; better; instead; if anything
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to be needed; to be wanted
that's the way it is; such is life
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
different opinion; objection
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
originally; by nature; from the start
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...