hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to post a notice; to put up a notice
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
7th day of the month; seven days
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.); holding; up!; carry me
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to correct oneself; to restate
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to turn left; to turn to the left
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
like this; in this way; as you see
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
incorrect answer; wrong solution; incorrect interpretation
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)