labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
after construction; after building; since construction
drawing water from river or lake; water intake
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
water system; river system; drainage system
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
sphere; circle; range; category
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
particularly; only; in the case of
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
simple; easy; convenient; handy
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
have to do; must; should; ought to
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
official announcement; proclamation
not officially announced; non-public; unpublished
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); Ms; Mrs; Miss
(another's) daughter; young lady
poly-; polyethylene; polyphony (of an electronic keyboard, etc.); police; police officer
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
election campaign strategy; election tactics
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with