border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to open (one's eyes) wide
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
royal capital; imperial capital
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
spread; span; expanse; extent
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
going around; patrol; round; tour
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)