thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to lay aside; to set aside
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
calamity; disaster; accident
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
steep mountain; craggy mountain
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
hereditary system; hereditary succession
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
for more details ...; for further information ...
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
strategist; tactician; schemer
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to continue to rain or snow
eruption; volcanic eruption
mass of rock; rock lump; block
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching