to smile (at); to grin (at)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to be infected; to be contagious
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
genuine article; real thing; real deal
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
among these; between these; of these
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
anything and everything; just about everything
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
(squad of) police; police force
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
even if ...; even supposing that ...
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
directly; in person; firsthand