silence; stillness; quietness
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
IQ; intelligence quotient
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in