one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
near; close by; within reach; familiar
in public; in company; in the presence of others
to be born; to come into the world
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
that; the matter in question
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give (someone) a charge; to empower
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
calamity; disaster; accident
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
foreign cemetery (in Japan); cemetery for Westerners
what time; (lit.) which hour
silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode
standard-size car; ordinary carriage (in a train); second-class carriage; ordinary car
to keep watch; to stand guard
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to sink (into); to get depressed
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
to get distracted; to jump off the track
tollgate; tollbooth; tollhouse
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
glove box; glove compartment
foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction