person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to tear off; to strip; to rob
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
later on; eventually; afterwards
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
with all one's strength; with all one's might
sword; blade; single stroke
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)