bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
cheap article; poor quality article
all-time low (price, in trading); record low; new low
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
stochastic variable; random variable
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
regret; repentance; remorse
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
direct unforked road; straight path
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
birth; creation; formation
corridor; hallway; passageway
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
beyond that point; after that
door; gate; opening; title page
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
shopping basket; market basket
something; some kind of; for some reason
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose