basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
due form; official; formality
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to have meaning; to be meaningful
directionality; directivity
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
space (room, area, outer space)
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
as you see; as you can see
transfer; transport; removal
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
point in common; common feature
individual differences; personal equation
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to check; to stop; to keep back
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape