payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
interior design; interior; upholstery
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
speech; expression; wording; language
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
emperor; prince; princess
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
source of river; fountainhead
clean water; purified water
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
priority; order of precedence
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
water filter; water purification system
although I say; although one might say; although called
to bury; to embed; to implant
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
with a bang (clash, bump)
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here