net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
to be mad about; to be hooked on
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
attenuation; damping; decay
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
literally; to the letter; literal
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped; lumpy sensation (e.g. of food); little bits; small grains
packing material (boxes, insulation, shock resistance, etc.)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with