sample; specimen; test piece
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
fast-talking; rapid talking
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
(mouse) click; click (sound)
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
picking up stitches (knitting)
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into
to need; to demand; to take; to require
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time