check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
source of river; fountainhead
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
to be able to manage somehow or another
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to become better; to improve
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
one by one; one each; one at a time
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
with all one's strength; with all one's might
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
process; course; mechanism
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
agricultural land; farmland
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
in the earth; in the ground; underground
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)