same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
sense of values; values; value system
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
proving ground; test site
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
all things in nature; the whole creation
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
absorption; suction; attraction
insatiable; untiring; persistent
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
endless; boundless; everlasting
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
six (long cylindrical things)
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake