white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
most part; greater part; majority
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to bind; to file; to finish (a dish) by pouring beaten egg into the broth; to sew up; to stitch together
item; article; clause; section; point
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
health; healthy; sound; fit
to need; to require; to take; to demand
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
plants and animals; flora and fauna
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
classification; categorization; sorting
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
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actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
rousing (courage, morale, etc.); encouragement; advocacy; promotion (of a belief); encouragement
sphere; circle; range; category
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce