emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
expression; presentation; representation; notation
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
difference; variation; difference
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
common use; communal use; sharing
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to force open; to push open
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to look around; to survey
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
shifting gears; changing gears
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family