detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
much less; to say nothing of
student (esp. a university student)
what can you say?; what (more) can I say?; what more is there to say?; what's left to say?
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
while; during; while; although; all; both
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
on and after; from ... onward; since
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
general; popular; common; typical