to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to tighten; to press hard
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
such ... as; or some such
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
proposal; proposition; suggestion
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
to check; to stop; to keep back
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
bad (fictitious) bill; empty promise
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
study; research; investigation
receiving; acceptance; reception
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
clear; precise; definite; distinct
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)