tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to become better; to improve
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
amount of money; sum of money
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
wise saying; famous saying
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
northern part; the north (of a region)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
main theater of war; principal battlefield
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
mountain road; mountain trail
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)