near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be perturbed; to be agitated
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
stagnation; hindrance; delay
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
odd; strange; queer; peculiar