rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
paste (food, adhesive, etc.); paste
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
main street; avenue; boulevard
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
subspace (in science fiction); space free from the laws of physics
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
grandfather; male senior-citizen
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
each; (arch.) you (plural)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to compose; to put together
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
flight; desertion; escape
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
one's way (ahead); one's path
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain