number one; first; best; most; game; round
to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like
witnessing; observing; sighting
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
place; position; location; position; standing; status
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
aborted fetus (foetus); miscarried fetus; stillborn fetus; newborn baby
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
one theory; one opinion; another theory