house; dwelling; human habitation
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to come and go; to go back and forth
people; men and women; each person; everybody
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
world; society; people; the public
to spread; to be propagated
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
just because; even if; even though
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
book; volume; this; present; main; head
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to be too numerous; to be too much
telephone book; telephone directory
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force