honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
plural; multiple; several
strip-searching; security check
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
innumerable; countless; numberless
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
pulsation; pulsatory motion
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
little finger; pinky; little toe
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
SIG; special interest group
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
region; limits; stage; level
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)