for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
kindergartener; preschooler
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
surrounding at a distance
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
perfect; complete; flawless
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
now that; since; so long as; because
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
since when; from when; how long
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
bento; Japanese box lunch
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday