funny story; funny anecdote
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
to put into effect; to put into practice
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
like he said; same for me; ditto
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
in great amount; considerably; substantially; quite
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
race (of people); type of person
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
embodiment; realization; materialization
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
miniature; miniature figure; miniature model
smallish; on the small side
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
the die is cast; there is no going back; alea iacta est
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation