smoothly; easily; readily
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
general; popular; common; typical
plants and animals; flora and fauna
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to differ; to vary; to disagree
origin; beginning; source; rise
spirit world; underworld; the next world
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
a great variety of; diversity
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
accurate; correct; precise; exact
admiration; wonder; astonishment
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
it is not (like that) either
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
living thing; living creature; animal; life
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
again; once more; a second time
to talk; to chat; to chatter
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party