young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
bullet; round; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy); hitman
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
housing district; residential district
business district; office complex
incommunicative; taciturn
(necessary) personnel; required person
to increase; to add to; to augment
comparatively; relatively
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
back-to-back (e.g. home runs); dual (e.g. victory); tandem (e.g. flight); (romantic) couple
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to obtain results through legwork; to walk around to gather information; to rely on active effort
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
together with; same; both; all; including ...
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
dozens; scores of; decades
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
assembling a criminal case
only; merely; but; no more than
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.