indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
back country; remote countryside
place where one works; construction site; working area
single word; a few words; brief comment
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
leisure; leisure time; spare time
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
collecting; accumulating; gathering; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.)
in a few days; at an early date
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
major subject; special study
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
to concern; to be related
after all; in the end; excellent; superb; robust; brawny
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
(written) work; book; writings
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
weakening; emaciation; decline
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
about; on; regarding; per; for every
supreme; greatest; highest; best
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...