briars; thicket; the bush
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
newspaper story (article, account)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); interring ashes
second anniversary of a death
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
pamphlet; brochure; leaflet
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; having poor reception (radio, etc.)
overhasty; rash; premature
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
movement restrictions; behavior restrictions
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
providing information; provision of information; information provision
reason for being; raison d'être
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)