thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
position; location; base; point; site
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to continue to do; to persist in doing
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
menial; meanness; servility; abject
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to be born; to come into the world
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
living thing; organism; creature; biology
angular; angular-shaped; sharp-pointed