elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
such ... as; or some such
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to discuss; to talk together
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
document; official papers
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
in low spirits; dejected; sad
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
trouble; quarrel; dispute
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show