poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
dwelling; house; residence; address
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
family; members of a family
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
demotion; relegation; downgrading
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
mountain road; mountain trail
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow