tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
in proportion to; according to; depending on
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
(one's) beloved car (or motorcycle, bicycle, etc.); (one's) wheels
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
national road; national highway
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
about here; in this neighborhood
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to push aside; to push one's way through
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
front entrance; front door
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
along the river; riverside
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
the place for; the time for; the level of