fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
practice; practising; training; study
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
bored; having nothing to do; idle
than; from; out of; except; but; more
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
of no interest; not interested
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
very young; little; childish; immature
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide