to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
platform; home; home base; home plate
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
poisoning; kill by poison
close to the wall; alongside the wall
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
lately; recently; nowadays
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
thought; consideration; thinking
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
infancy; childhood; tender age
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
bureau director; office chief
in person; personally; directly
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
speech and conduct; words and deeds
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way