mountain chain; mountains
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
traditional; customary; conventional
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
literature; books (reference); document
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
although I say; although one might say; although called
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
East End (London, Shanghai, etc.)
Island; insula; island; islet
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)