careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
solitude; loneliness; isolation
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to name; to call; to christen; to term
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
standing close together; bristling (with)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to talk to oneself; to mutter
at the last moment; this late in the game
unable to resist; unable to suppress
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
other than; excluding; without
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication