road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
proposal; offer; request; application
to express (in words); to confess
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to crouch; to squat; to cower
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
nonchalantly; without a care
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
draining (esp. pipes from water for the winter); drainhole; drain; drainage
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
tendency; trend; inclination
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
principle; theory; fundamental truth
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
difference; variation; difference
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
preparation; arrangements
to smirk; to grin broadly
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about