draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
national emblem; (national) coat of arms
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
light pressure; photon pressure; radiation pressure
one's possessions; ownership
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
companion; company; tritagonist
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
town; city; municipal; urban
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
arrangement of stones in a garden
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
artificial island; man-made island
land route; overland route; by land; overland
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class