should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
little by little; bit by bit
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
signature-collecting campaign
single word; a few words; brief comment
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe