purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
holder of a title deed; stock holder; lease holder
branch (of flowers); cluster; mass (of clouds)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
(arch.) kid; (arch.) brat; person from Kansai
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
financials; on the funding (capital) side
supporter; sponsor; patron; backer
to trample; to crush underfoot
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
nowhere; not anywhere (with neg. verb)