with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
investigation; research; looking something up
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
grade; class; degree; magnitude
hard glass; hardened glass
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced; something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
writing side by side; writing (down) together; writing (down) both
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation