to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
tasteless and odorless; bland
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
wounded person; injured person
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
share; portion; quota; cut
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
discovery; detection; finding
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
coffee shop; coffeehouse; café
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe