half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
boy; son; baby boy; young man
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
name; given name; first name
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
widower; divorced man not remarried
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
elder daughter; older daughter
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
to look around; to take a view of
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily