great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
several times; a few times
frequency (of occurrence)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
employment (long term); hire
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
there being no use in arguing (about it)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
old age; old person; the old; the aged
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
another kind; distinct species; variety
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to show up; to appear; to turn up
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match