painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
very popular; highly favoured
troupe; theatrical company
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to beat to death; to kill
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
fine weather; fair weather
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
impossible; unlikely; improbable
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
puppet operator; puppet manipulator; puppeteer
birth; creation; formation
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)