mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
river; stream; River; the ... river
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
convenience; handiness; usefulness
traditional; conventional
most part; greater part; majority
self-consciousness; self-awareness
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
already; now; no longer; not any more
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to become clear; to be made public
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
point at issue; axis of a conflict; focus of confrontation
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)