big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to keep a watchful eye on
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
to order; to command; to appoint
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
on and after; from ... onward; since
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
yen (currency of Japan); circle
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to arrive home; to return
one's house; one's home; one's family