first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
invisibly; secretly; privately
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
thundering; roaring; rumbling; booming
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
vase; vase for floral offerings
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
hedge; fence; border; limit
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
considerably; greatly; a lot
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
on the way home from school
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of