outline; summary; gist; basic points
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
garbage bag; trash bag; bin bag
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to catch the eye; to attract attention
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
tight; close-fitting; tight (supply and demand); scarce; tight skirt; straight skirt
kindergartener; preschooler
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to push back; to press back; to force back
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
bento; Japanese box lunch
plastic food storage container; Tupperware
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent