to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
derailment; digression; deviation
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
continuation; succession; series
tradition; legend; folklore
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
image change; changing one's image; makeover
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
message; informative matter
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
single word; a few words; brief comment
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling