be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
rationality; reasonableness
reason; cause; circumstances
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to express (in words); to confess
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to go along; to walk along; to follow
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
results; record; grades; marks