to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
boat; rowboat; rowing boat
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
factory; plant; mill; workshop
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
industrial area; factory zone
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
dullness; slump; stagnation; inactivity; depression
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
abandoned factory; disused factory
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
vigorously (burning); furiously; fiercely