difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
time; season; period; phase; stage
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
unpaved road; unsealed road; dirt road
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
several hundred; hundreds (of)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
world tree (religious or mythological motif)
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
living thing; organism; creature; biology
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching