ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
small; fine; detailed; stingy
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
here and there; in places
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
most part; greater part; majority
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
with a friendly grin; smilingly
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
should time and circumstances permit
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
waste of time; killing time
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to hand over; to surrender
tower; stand; pedestal; calyx
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many