retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
inside one's heart; in one's mind
fast-talking; rapid talking
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
either way; in any case; one way or another
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
writing; composition; essay; sentence
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
dull sound; muffled sound
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
high and low; rise and fall