origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
elegant; graceful; refined
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
perfect; complete; flawless
molester; groper; masher; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
image; figure; figure; form; image
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
leaving a club; quitting a club
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute