atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
queen (consort); empress (consort)
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
although I say; although one might say; although called
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
to accept; to receive; to agree
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to look around; to survey
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
to let down one's hair; to undo hair
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
as stated; verbatim; literally
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)