impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)
suffix for familiar person
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
from now; from this moment; henceforth
stale; hackneyed; clichéd