(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
experience; history; record; career
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
training; drill; practice; discipline
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
all night; throughout the night
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one