previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
in comparison to; rather than
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
line; queue; procession; matrix
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
residing; living; dwelling
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
producer; grower; maker; manufacturer
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
wherein; therein; thereinto
these guys; these fellows
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad