incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
distinction; differentiation; discrimination
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
surely; certainly; without doubt
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
finish; finishing; finishing touches
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to some extent; to a certain extent
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
go that far; to that extent
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
way of speaking; intimation