necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
members; member; constituent
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
probe each other; sound each other out
to entertain; to make welcome
a few years ago; some years back
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to indicate; to show; to point to
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
portrait; likeness; picture
mechanism; organization; organisation
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
reflector; reflective plate
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
format; procedure; way of proceeding
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly