suited figure; person in a suit
what do you want?; can I help you?
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to amuse oneself; to make merry
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
arbitrarily; of its own accord; without asking; voluntarily; willfully; as one pleases
unopened; with an unbroken seal
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
being half awake and half asleep; (lit.) butterfly's dream
writing; composition; essay; sentence
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to squeeze out; to wring out
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
classification; categorization; sorting
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
acceleration; speeding up
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
oiran; highest-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
to burst open; to pop; to split
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled