standing tall; towering; soaring
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
company president; manager; director
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
at once; immediately; right now
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
whispering into a person's ear
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)