seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
preparation; arrangements
time required; time taken; necessary time
rest; break; recess; intermission
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance