dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
in that way; like that; that way
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
unexpected meeting; coincidence
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
observatory; observation post
control; management (e.g. of a business)
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
independent body; independent agency
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account