cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
guess; speculation; supposition
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
successively; one after another
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
already; now; no longer; not any more
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
Post-it®; Post-it note; sticky note
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
woman; female; feminine gender
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute