lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to telephone; to make a phone call
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
sign; indication; omen; symptom
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
feather; plume; plumage; down
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
chance (of success); odds
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness