to cause a person trouble
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
butt of a joke; punchline
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
sincere; earnest; serious
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
higher rank; better position
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
large amount of money; great cost
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
format; procedure; way of proceeding
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
had better ...; had better not ...
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin