tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
while; even though; despite
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
already; now; no longer; not any more
witnessing; observing; sighting
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
control room; control booth
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation