stability; security; equilibrium
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
impression given by a painting or image
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
(not) merely; (not) simply
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
entering a mountain area (for climbing); entering a monastery; coming to live in a temple
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism