treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
democracy; democratic nation
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
continual change; vicissitudes; transmigration; metempsychosis
something like ...; something called ...
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to summon courage; to be brave
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
silence (not speaking); muteness
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
groundwater; underground water
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
shelter; refuge; protected place
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
subconsciousness; the subconscious
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
you could say that; that might be so
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)