in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
such; this sort of; like this
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
compartment (of a train); interior (of a car)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
and (also); both ... and; as well as
bungalow; one-story house
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)