selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
transportation by water (e.g. by ship)
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
special train; extra train
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to cultivate a better understanding
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
sales; selling; marketing
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
plainly; clearly; vividly
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
serious; severe; grave; acute
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
sensitivity; susceptibility
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)