artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
retort; back talk; backchat
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
fresh wound; fresh bruise
special training; intensive training; crash course
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
in the same way as; just like
sexual relief; masturbation
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
close-cropped hair; shaven head
they; those guys; those fellows
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
number of times; frequency; count
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
big and round (esp. of eyes); round and cute; spinning; whirling; plump and round; chubby
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
all you have to do is; just; that's all
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus