to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
first meeting; first interview with
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
fluent (in a language); flowing
odds and ends; all; every
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
how; in what way; by what means
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis