to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
sexual preference; sexual predilection
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
front; frontage; facade; main
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
remembrance; recollection; recognition
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
bright green; chartreuse green
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
third day of the month; three days
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
in the meanwhile; during the time
due form; official; formality
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
medical care; medical treatment
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently