delay; putting off; procrastination
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
mid-air breakage; mid-air disintegration
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to spend time (on doing something)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
in that way; like that; that way
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit