filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
one way or the other; either way
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to hide; to conceal oneself
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
classification; categorization; sorting
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
folding into four; quarto
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
black ground; black cloth
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
in name only; titular; nominal
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
gambling den; gambling house
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to begin to walk; to set out
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to get late; to advance; to wear on
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
old age; old person; the old; the aged
senility; dotage; decrepitude