occasional; infrequent; rare
this is why; this means; it is the case that
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to walk in on; to tread upon
pitching ability; counter for pitches
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
handrail; railing; banister
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
various places; several sources
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
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
sweeping sideways; mowing down
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary