polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
in order; in turn; one by one
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
not yet known; unknown; strange