respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
contrary to one's expectations
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to take over; to hand over
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
in comparison to; rather than
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
presumption; assumption; estimation
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
double; twice (as much); twofold
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
decrease; reduction; decline
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
depopulation; declining population
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)