bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
but; however; provided that
habitable area; inhabitable land
region; limits; stage; level
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
originally; by nature; from the start
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
mountain range; mountain belt
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
if it is the case that ...
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
around the world; throughout the world
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
birth; creation; formation
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker