unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
unenforceability; impossibility of performance
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
patient; unhurried; leisurely
very careful; thoroughly prepared
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to be fated; to be linked by fate
to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
very interesting; of great interest
source of information; intelligence source; message source
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
behind with everything; too late; reactive
excellent answer; clever answer
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
longing; strong desire; aspiration
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
evening meal; supper; dinner
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
nonsense; (having) terrible taste; unstylish
that is to say; so that means