beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
name; given name; first name
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
four-digit number; thousands column
going to and fro; back and forth
possession; occupation; occupancy
agricultural community; farm village; rural
agricultural land; farmland
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
same; similar; (just) like; equal
space (room, area, outer space)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
those (near the second person)
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
don't you think?; indicates question
hard-to-use space (in an apartment, etc.); dead space (artillery, etc.); (respiratory) dead space
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
soil amelioration; soil improvement
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
apartment building; housing complex
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely