difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
(a) Buddha; deceased person
within; inside of; less than
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
correspondence; exchange of letters
such; this sort of; like this
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
outsider; someone outside of a group
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
just because; even if; even though
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
sale; sales; selling; marketing
world; society; people; the public
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme