society; public; community; social studies
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
faded color; faded colour; antique look
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
Crystal Palace (English football club); Crystal Palace
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)