to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
submission date; filing date; due date (e.g. for homework)
at least; at most; (even) just
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to be lacking in options; to be too few
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
changing clothes; change of clothes
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to lie deep in; to extend far back
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to correct oneself; to restate
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
one by one; one each; one at a time
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
courteous; decorous; polite
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
the opposite sex; isomerism