small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
still (continuing); as ever; further
to come and go; to go back and forth
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
main street; avenue; boulevard
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track