skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
ago; since; before; previous
complete; whole; perfect; safe
possible; likely; probable
majority group (party, faction)
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
first meeting; first contest between
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
strategy meeting; council of war
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
grasp; catch; understanding
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to collapse into; to flop onto
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
built-in; fixed; attached
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)