here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
life; living; I; me; student
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
environment; surroundings; circumstances
by means of; due to; because of; according to
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
high-capacity; high-intensity; high-load
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
representative; exemplary; model
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
unique; peculiar; singular
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
packing material (boxes, insulation, shock resistance, etc.)
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
accurate; correct; precise; exact
refining; purification; careful manufacture