to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
spitting image; dead ringer; exact resemblance
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
favorite; favourite; habitually used
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
safety; welfare; well-being
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
liquor store; sake shop; pub; heavy drinker; drunkard
riding fast; driving a horse fast
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
blow; hit (on the body); beating
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
unfazed; stone-faced; unflinching; perfectly calm
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
arrest; apprehension; capture
six (long cylindrical things)
end of life; death; breathing one's last
to be settled; to be brought to an end
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
even though it is not; despite not
economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress