operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
limestone cave; limestone cavern
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
high ground; plateau; heights
inland districts; inland areas
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
river; stream; River; the ... river
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
marshland; wetland; swampland
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
primeval forest; virgin forest
spruce tree (esp. Picea jezoensis hondoensis, a variety of Ezo spruce)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)