health; healthy; sound; fit
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
round shape; circle; circular form
automatic; intransitive verb
dozens; scores of; decades
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
operation; functioning; running
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
hundred points; perfect mark
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
if so; in that case; in that situation
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to be surprised; to be astonished
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep