figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
it's been a long time; long time no see
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
chance; opportunity; occasion
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
a little bit; a little while
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
engineer; technical officer
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
caller; visitor; company; guest
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter