soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
silence (not speaking); muteness
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
one who knows little often repeats it
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
machine parts; machinery; equipment
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to look forward to something
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
himself; yourself; herself
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
refutation; rebuttal; retort
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
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)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to push down; to knock down
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
drawers; knickers; bloomers
full view; plain sight; completely visible