to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
suggestion; hint; implication
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to laugh away; to laugh off
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
sweet voice; seductive voice
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
time; season; period; phase; stage
display window; shop window; store window
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost