degree of familiarity; popularity
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to employ; to hire; to charter
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
opening and shutting; opening and closing
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to sell off; to sell completely
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
hospitalization; hospitalisation
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit