to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion
one party; one faction; one clique
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
parallel world; parallel universe
this and that; one thing or another
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
to stop talking; to be silent
despair; desperation; abandonment
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief