small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
connection; link; relationship
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
just because; even if; even though
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
interference; intervention; meddling
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
real intention; true motive; true meaning
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to make one's rounds; to patrol
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
this and that; one thing and another
after that; afterwards; thereafter
human trafficking; slave trade
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
victim; injured party; sufferer
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark