little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
to grimace; to make a wry face
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
handrail; railing; banister
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to bring back; to restore
invisibly; secretly; privately
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post