to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
opposite side; other side
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
immediately; right away; on the spot
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
town; city; municipal; urban
right in the center (centre)
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
ups and downs; up-and-down
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
handicraft; industrial art object
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing