detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
preparatory phase; preparatory period
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
time around sunset; early evening
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
piece; fragment; one (object)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
genuine article; real thing; real deal
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
book; volume; this; present; main; head
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
sales; selling; marketing
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining