essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
in accordance with; according to
within; inside of; less than
ominous word; ill-omened word; misfortune
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
signature; register; to put one's name on; to sign; stamped name; typed name
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
time; hour; season; time of the year
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
eruption; volcanic eruption
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
beforehand; in advance; previously
to pick a fight; to find fault
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
audience; spectator; spectators
to blame; to find fault with
if so; in that case; in that situation
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to complain; to lodge a complaint
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent