streamer; pennant; windsock
edge of the eaves; house frontage
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
shop; small store; business; firm
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
custom; habit; customary practice
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to join together; to patch together
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
during; for the duration of
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
colour; color; hue; tints
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
criticism; critique; review; commentary
established practice; custom
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
land route; overland route; by land; overland
product; produce; result; fruit
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; bonfire
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional