daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to say; to tell; to state; to do
this and that; one thing or another
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
witnessing; observing; sighting
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
one house; the same house
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
explosion; rupture; break off
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
persistence; single-mindedness
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
city police; municipal police
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
living room (Western style); sitting room
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to talk; to carry meaning
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)