I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to make one's rounds; to patrol
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
sympathy; empathy; response
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
quality (of a product or a service)
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
image; figure; figure; form; image
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
have to do; must; should; ought to
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
simple honesty; tactless frankness
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
consequently; as a result
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
knowing; (an) acquaintance
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
inn town; post town; post-station town