these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
reward; honorarium; remuneration
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
calamity; misfortune; disaster
don't worry; no worries; never mind
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
if so; in that case; in that situation
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
surroundings; environs; circumference
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
something; some kind of; for some reason
wicker basket; wickerwork basket
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
now that you say that; now that you mention it
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to be faintly visible; to be barely visible
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by