shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
ten; 10; ten years of age
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
middle of the night; dead of night
straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
prohibition; inhibition; ban
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into