sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
material; materials; data; information; documents
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
candied apple; toffee apple
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
radiant smile; contented smile
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
near; close by; within reach; familiar
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
one (thing); one piece; one item
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
since when; from when; how long
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
uniformly; evenly; equally; indiscriminately; across the board
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent