subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
former (incumbent); predecessor
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
note (letter) left behind; will
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
repair workshop; garage; repairman
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
closing of a school; closed school
primary school; elementary school; grade school
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
vacant house; unoccupied house
to move (house); to change residence
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?