faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
imported to Japan by early European traders
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
magnetism; magnetic force
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
urgent report; urgent message
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard