adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
rather; sooner; preferably
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
resistance; opposition; obstruction; (electrical) insulating coating; insulating varnish
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
much less; to say nothing of
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to play a leading role; to play a central part
price reduction; price cut; reduction in price; markdown
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
as you see; as you can see
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
energy conservation; economical use of energy
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough