demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
raw materials; ingredient
dried bear's gallbladder (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
to mix; to blend; to combine
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
weight stone (placed on pickles)
sudden impulse; passing fancy
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
low quality; poor quality
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to cut (food) into chunks; to chop into lumps
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing