from now; from this moment; henceforth
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
company president; manager; director
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle; Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to put into effect; to put into practice
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
when it becomes; when it comes to
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something