earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
(some) more; even more; longer; further
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
jewelry store; jewellery store
in that way; like that; that way
secret; private; surreptitious
guess; speculation; supposition
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
that is to say; so that means
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
fifth day of the month; five days
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
but; however; provided that
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
offender; criminal; culprit
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example