close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
seven (long cylindrical things)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
in the future; another day; later
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
there is nothing; having nothing
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
(national) capital (city); metropolis
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
as if nothing had happened
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble