store; shop; establishment; restaurant
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
true to one's name; living up to one's name
straying; wandering (off course)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
innumerable; countless; numberless
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
destination (one is heading towards); goal
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
popular name; common name; given name
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
there is nothing; having nothing
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just