four (long cylindrical things)
placing three fingers of each hand on the floor (while bowing respectfully); (lit.) three fingers (specifically the thumb, index finger and middle finger)
very good luck; excellent fortune
grey-brown; gray-brown; dun
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
feces; faeces; excrement; stool
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
throwaway; disposable; single-use
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
kind; sort; species; species
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
and so; therefore; for that reason