endurance; perseverance; patience
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
large quantity; large amount
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
with a splash; with a splosh
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist
inundating a castle; flooding a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
research material; experimental material
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
to gain fame; to make one's name
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
rubber band; elastic band
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless