few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
still; even now; to this day
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
quotation; citation; reference
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)