brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to lose sight of; to miss
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
cake served with tea; teacake
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
tapestry; wall hanging; banner
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
prefix used to strengthen a derogatory adjective
being a fast worker; fast in forming relationships with women; quick to resort to violence; quick to turn violent
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize