year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
company; corporation; workplace
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
heir; inheritor; successor
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
light; easy; non-serious; minor
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses