sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
sanction; approval; decision
right (to do something); authority; power
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
sowing; seeding; planting
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
observation; survey; watching
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
to burrow through; to dig through
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
collective responsibility; joint liability
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
factory; plant; mill; workshop
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)