to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to go past; to pass; to pass by
honorific/polite/humble prefix
both (people); the two of them
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
close; intimate; on good terms
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
postbox; mailbox; pillar box
invisibly; secretly; privately
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")