stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
discovery; detection; finding
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
materials; data; document
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
until now; so far; up to the present
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
periodic; regular; routine
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
offender; criminal; culprit
common people; ordinary people; masses
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to be all out; to exhaust
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
all you want; as much as one wants
item; something that one "just has to have"
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred