evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
function; facility; faculty; feature
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
region; limits; stage; level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to look around; to survey
timewise; temporal; chronal
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to provide; to arrange; to install
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
customer traffic; customers; custom
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
agricultural community; farm village; rural
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)