to some extent; to a certain extent
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
deconstruction (as in the term coined by Jacques Derrida)
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
homogenization (e.g. milk)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
specialization; specialisation
not yet known; unknown; strange
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
contradiction; inconsistency
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)