column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
seven colours (of the rainbow); prismatic colors; blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
microscope slide; glass slide
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
thousands; several thousand
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
literally; to the letter; literal
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
not limited to; not just ...
social networking service; SNS; social media
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
use; utilization; utilisation; application
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support