board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
scenery; scene; landscape
complete change; about-face
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
fall; drop; descent; coming down
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
the place for; the time for; the level of
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to await; to wait for; to expect
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
how long; how far; how much
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water