excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
subordinate work; assistant; servant
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
escaping from prison; jailbreak
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
outward appearance; apparent
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
detour; circumvention; turning movement
opposite bank; farther shore
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
bathing (swimming) in cold water
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
charming; fascinating; attractive
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to cause someone to worry
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
thicket; coppice; brushwood
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...