(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
with a friendly grin; smilingly
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
line; queue; procession; matrix
to go past; to pass; to pass by
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
thick and fluffy; soft and lumpy
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
favorite; favourite; habitually used
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
grandfather; male senior-citizen