branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
very likely; very probable
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to scrape off; to plane off
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
conviction; belief; confidence
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
invisibly; secretly; privately
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
difference; variation; difference
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)