to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
one by one; one each; one at a time
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
progress; advance; improvement; development
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
certain; definite; clear; credible
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to apply pressure to; to press
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
(medical) follow-up; observation
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
invisibly; secretly; privately
living; lifestyle; living room
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
no!; no no!; no, not at all
other than; excluding; without
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
event; phenomenon; matter
classification; categorization; sorting
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
leaving school during a term
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to beat to death; to kill
straight-laced person; stubborn person
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler