to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
storage space (esp. in a home)
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
literally; to the letter; literal
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
stability; security; equilibrium
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
to underrate; to make light of
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
root; source; origin; cause
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
long time; long interval; for quite some time
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion