infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
preservation from decay; prevention of putrefaction; embalmment; antisepsis
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
near; close by; within reach; familiar
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
to order; to command; to appoint
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
superstition; superstitious belief
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive