basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
considerably; fairly; quite
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
bakery; baker; pastry shop
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
how long; how much; to what extent
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
sales; selling; marketing
general merchant; Jack of all trades
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
vacant house; unoccupied house
shop; small store; business; firm
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
farming implement; farm tools
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
government service; the bureaucracy
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence