to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
advance; moving forward; progress
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
front; frontage; facade; main
to look away; to avert one's eyes
tedious; boring; being fed up with
pin (esp. for mounting insects); setting pin
stillness; repose; standing still
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
place; room; margin; scope
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
team competition; team game
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
hard struggle; strenuous effort