surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
range of use; range of application; range of applications; scope (of a document)
to increase; to add to; to augment
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
probability; likelihood; chances
living thing; living creature; animal; life
(medical) doctor; physician
curiosity; inquisitiveness
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
in deep black; in jet black
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
the same; the said; likewise
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
point in common; common feature
to taste; to try (food or drink)
survival; survivor; relic
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
gazing at (in wonderment)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
planned; scheduled; systematic
postwar period; period after Second World War
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with