trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
wooden house; woodframe house
to gather; to collect; to assemble
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
many; numerous; various; large number of
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
in succession; one by one
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
pyramid-style; pyramid-shaped
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
three; three years of age
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
war; fighting; fierce competition
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state