process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to look forward to something
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
treatment; handling; arrangement; addition; musical accompaniment (in noh)
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
rash; boil; secondhand article; bargain; fart
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
to cook (something) with rice
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to fail; to screw up; to stuff up
swear word; dirty word; coprolalia
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
possible; likely; probable