time; hour; period; class
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
inside one's heart; in one's mind
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
cookware; cooking utensil
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
chopping board; cutting board
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
three; three years of age
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
episode; anecdote; vignette
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
too many to count; too numerous to mention
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
how many people; a number of people
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
in the same way as; just like