degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
residing; living; dwelling
history of; experience of
originally; by nature; from the start
plural; multiple; several
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
property; fortune; means; assets
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
100,000,000; one hundred million
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
does not seem; unlikely; improbable