close; intimate; on good terms
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
bygones; the past; past event
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
late at night; small hours of the morning
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
corridor; hallway; passageway
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of