to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
difficult to ...; hard to ...
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
in accordance with plans; just as planned
humiliation; shame; loss of face
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to smash violently; to crush
to appear in the newspaper
major incident; major happening; big scandal
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility