bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
master; teacher; stable master
that's a different matter; that's a different story
stopping functioning; being out of service
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense; attention to one's appearance; grooming-consciousness
that is to say; so that means
to become experienced (after many years of practice); to become worn (through long use); to show its age
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
grey appearance after shaving one's beard; five o'clock shadow; stubble; use of blue pigment to indicate a character has shaved
unprecedented; never seen before
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
account book; register; ledger
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
newspaper story (article, account)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
clear writing; specification
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
several sheets (flat objects)
scrap (metal); clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting; scrapbook
leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption