to repeat; to do something over again
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
general; popular; common; typical
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
all; entire; whole; altogether
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
gradually; slowly but steadily
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
time; season; period; phase; stage
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be needed; to be wanted
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
go that far; to that extent
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
clearing one's throat; cough