environment; surroundings; circumstances
accumulation; accumulate; store
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
experiential; empirical; experimental
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
failure; mistake; blunder
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
ringing; throbbing violently
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
specialization; specialisation
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
battlefield; battleground
ceremonial; ritual; ritualistic; formal
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)