tendency; trend; inclination
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
influential person; man of importance
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
orphan; person without friends
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
often; frequently; again and again
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
price; cost; value; worth; value
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
beyond that point; after that
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
equality; impartiality; evenness
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
scenery; scene; landscape
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
greater than ...; bigger ...
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
level ground; plain; flatland
left side; left-hand side
town; city; municipal; urban
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass