materials; data; document
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)
bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
large number (of); many; majority
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
police; police officer; police station
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
singing voice; (sound of) singing
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
otherwise; if not; or else
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after