distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
coagulation; freezing; solidification
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
material; substance; matter
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)