welcome; (warm) reception
metal plate; metallic plate
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
construction at top speed
simple; simplified; easy; plain
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
electricity; (electric) light
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
huh; I'll be damned; well!
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
direct unforked road; straight path
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
war; fighting; fierce competition
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
single cell; simple-minded; one-track-minded
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly