plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
be (that) as it may; having said that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
reason; cause; circumstances
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
your husband; her husband
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
such; this sort of; like this
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny