origin; appearance of auspicious omen
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
appointment; assignment; promotion
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
commerce; trade; business
possession; occupation; occupancy
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
rule; reign; government; governing
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
such; like that; that sort of; very
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)
if you think about it; come to think of it
birth; creation; formation
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
first match (in a series)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
several times; several degrees
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)