to be main; to be principal; to be important
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
personal; individual; private
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
periodic; regular; routine
to carry around; to carry on one's person
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
tendency; trend; inclination
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained