ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
look!; there!; here!; that is
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
type (of goods); sort; (taxonomical) form; breed; variety
midwinter; dead of winter
freezing (over); ice; frost
inland sea; inlet; gulf; (arch.) lake
to face on; to look out on to
rather than; more ... than ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
Britain (island); Great Britain
Island; insula; island; islet
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
around the world; throughout the world
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
cold district; northern district
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack