material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
phrase; phrase; strawberry
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
to give a name (to something)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
to move forward; to move on
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
time; season; period; phase; stage
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
well, ...; right, ...; now, ...
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to complain; to make a complaint
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
and; thereupon; because of that
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with