dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
(social) position; status
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
genius; prodigy; natural gift
storehouse; warehouse; godown
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)