to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
sexual cruelty; sexual brutality
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
kind; sort; species; species
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
in the city; within the city
to telephone; to make a phone call
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
hereabouts; around there; that area
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then