to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
vexing; irritating; impatient
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
whereabout; about where; how much
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
double; twice (as much); twofold
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)