advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
multifunction; multipurpose
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
convenient; handy; useful
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
function; facility; faculty; feature
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
chilled storage; refrigerated storage
boiled fish-paste products
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
already; now; no longer; not any more
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
local color; local colour
about when; about what time; how soon
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
sphere; circle; range; category
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness