equality; impartiality; evenness
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
difference; discrepancy; variation
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy; lazy; careless; noncommittal
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
to babble in one's cups; to ramble drunkenly
elegance; taste; refinement
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
to talk; to chat; to chatter
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
movie; film; motion picture
form (of type); forme; letterpress printing; movable-type printing
supply; provision; service; supply
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
(piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printed word; printed matter; print
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
patriarch; head of a family
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)