to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to say; to be pleased to say
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
long time; long interval; for quite some time
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
technique; art; skill; move
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
by myself; in person; by oneself
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
serious; severe; grave; acute
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous