near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
chair; stool; post; office; position
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
near; nearby; not far off
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
not caring; not giving a damn
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
for example; for instance; e.g.
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
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)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance