close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
study; research; investigation
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
female high-school student
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to discuss; to talk together
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
milestone; stone signpost; standing stone (e.g. in garden); menhir
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
bakery; baker; pastry shop
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
as a child; when one was a child
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
offender; criminal; culprit
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large