slowly and quietly; smoothly
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
(inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
one bow; one salute; one greeting
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow