proposal; offer; request; application
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
along the river; riverside
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
this and that; one thing or another
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
slightly elevated; slightly higher (of a price); marginally up; edging higher
to face on; to look out on to
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
living thing; organism; creature; biology
here and there; in places
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
discovery; detection; finding
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
coloured glass; colored glass