to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
reason; logic; method; system; order
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
contradiction; inconsistency
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
not necessarily so; is not always true
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
factional dynamics; power relationships among factions; factional power politics
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
place; room; margin; scope
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
such; this sort of; like this
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake