year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
progress; advance; improvement; development
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
taste; palate; sense of taste
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
door; gate; opening; title page
muttering voice; murmuring voice
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
ability; performance; efficiency
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to ask a question; to ask questions
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
everything; anything; nothing
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding