cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
presentation (of a passport, ID, bill of exchange, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents)
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
interior design; interior; upholstery
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
clanging; empty; deserted
necessary documents; required documents
admission ticket for an examination
second division; secondary division
to score points with (a person)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
hang in there; go for it; keep at it; do your best
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
blank column; blank space
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...