usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
decoration; ornament; trimmings
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
to be rearranged or transposed
management; administration; operation
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
individual; private person; personal; private
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
pyramid-style; pyramid-shaped
keyhole-shaped tumulus (form of ancient Imperial grave)
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
opinion; point of view; visual point
perception; sensing; noticing