advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
study; library; den; home office; reading room
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
document; official papers
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
putting into operation; invocation
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
between the pages of a book; between two books
to get between; to be caught in
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)