straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
imagination; supposition; guess
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
hostility; animosity; enmity
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to approach; to draw near
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
border (between countries); national border
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
identification tag; dog tag
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
influenced (by); under an influence
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
identification papers; ID
extensive; vast range; wide scope
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across