dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
authenticity; credibility
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
doing whatever one pleases
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
serious; not joking; straight
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
important post; important office; key position
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
ability; capability; skill
nonchalant air; unruffled air
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to not take seriously; to take lightly
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
this (very thing); this precisely
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
book; volume; this; present; main; head
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
power; might; authority; influence
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand