water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
explosion; rupture; break off
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
collection of books; (personal) library
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
closed-stacks (e.g. in a library); closed shelf system
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
lot area; site area; plottage; lot size
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
interior; inside; internal
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon