few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
turnover rate (merchandise, capital)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
environment; circumstance
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to face; to go towards; to head towards
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
front; frontage; facade; main
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
bent back; hunchback; stoop
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
God's will; Heaven's will
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
long time; long interval; for quite some time
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends