check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
worthy of special mention
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
invisibly; secretly; privately
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
people; men and women; each person; everybody
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
sphere; circle; range; category
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
distinction; differentiation; classification
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)