habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
general; popular; common; typical
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
government-owned; state-owned
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
new book; new publication
magazine; journal; periodical
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
main; principal; chief; primary; major
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
mental; spiritual; emotional
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
just because; even if; even though
cannot be treated lightly; requiring careful attention; cannot be ignored