frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
elevation; height above sea level
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
three sides; small offering stand
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
quantity or volume of water
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
waterfall; cataract; cascade
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
particular; hard to please; fussy
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
still (continuing); as ever; further
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
based on; built on; made from
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to be free; to be available
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to have time free; to have time to spare
separate case; another matter
to approach; to draw near
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
in that manner; like that
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else