flour; meal; powder; dust
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
beloved child; dear child
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
narrow eyes; fine texture
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
iron and stone; iron will
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
every single word and phrase; word by word
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
training; education; development; cultivation
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on