performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
until now; so far; up to the present
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to face on; to look out on to
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly