various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to have a talk; to tell a story
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
local specialty; special product (of a region)
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
chief; main; principal; major
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
grasp; catch; understanding
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
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)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
reading aloud; recitation
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
discovery; detection; finding
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to recall; to remember; to recollect
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple