grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
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)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to hand over; to surrender
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
brown envelope; manila envelope
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to shine in (light); to illuminate
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to go ahead; to pull ahead
how; in what way; how about; questionable
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption