soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
doctoral dissertation; doctoral thesis
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
voluntary; optional; free; elective
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
more than usual (usu. time)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
scene; spectacle; sight; view
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
wanderer; stranger; vagrant; outsider; stranger
longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
white silk; prime; principle
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
railroad; railway; rail transport
street; quarter; district; area
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to be erected; to be built
sworn brother; buddy; pal