destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to refer to; to use as reference
three; three years of age
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
nature; property; disposition
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
ex post facto report; report after the event
although I say; although one might say; although called
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
change; transition; vicissitudes
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling