most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
to take on a role; to take part
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
firm; strong; solid; stable
wherein; therein; thereinto
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
of tender years; very young
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
materials; data; document
to underrate; to make light of
sympathy; compassion; pity
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
explanation; interpretation
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to be fated to; be linked by fate
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity