important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
pride; boast; credit (to)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
this and that; one thing or another
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
huge rock; firmness; solidity
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
large tree; big tree; huge tree
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
proposal; proposition; suggestion
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
police; police officer; police station