dozens; scores of; decades
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
war; fighting; fierce competition
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
free (of charge); gratuitous
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
innumerable; countless; numberless
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
on the sea; surface of the sea
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
east, west, south and north
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey