small number; few; minority
price; cost; value; worth; value
to tighten; to press hard
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
party; gang; company; squad
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
interior; inside; internal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
virtue; charm; merit; good point
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to become pale; to turn pale
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
steep mountain; craggy mountain
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
sixth day of the month; six days
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)