to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
if so; in that case; in that situation
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
no!; no no!; no, not at all
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
nice; likeable; desirable
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
programme; program; plans; arrangements
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by