good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
two times; twice; two degrees
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
bright; cheerful; in high spirits; clear (sky); cloudless; sunny
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss
to project; to stick out; to stand out
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
surface of the earth; ground surface
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
rampancy; prevalence; domination
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
gigantic statue; colossus; huge image
random; unintentional; unintended
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider