soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to lose one's way; to get lost
to notify; to advise; to inform
another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections
pathos; melancholy; sorrow
shades of evening; dead of night
low; vulgar; base; ignoble; mean; selfish
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
besides; furthermore; moreover
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced
to blend (e.g. fact and fiction); to mix; to weave (together)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to be in focus; to come into focus
various matters; everything
choice; selection; option
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled