little by little; bit by bit
natural; reasonable; understandable
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to increase; to add to; to augment
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
cash bonus; reward; bounty
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
being good-for-nothing; useless person
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
bonus; reward for one's services
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
to order; to command; to appoint
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury