substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
study; research; investigation
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
maintenance; preservation; improvement
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
Japanese person; Japanese people
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
convenient; handy; useful
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
how; in what way; by what means
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
one's own work; making by oneself
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
ability; performance; efficiency
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
tool; implement; means; furniture
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
to become fraught with emotion
simply; merely; only; solely
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam