body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
day by day; every day; by the day
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
loveable; very likeable; like very much
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
battle formation; military formation
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to offer (put up) resistance
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
appearance; expression; manifestation
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
novel; original; new; innovative
to collect; to assemble; to gather
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
Town Page (NTT yellow pages)
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
difficult to ...; hard to ...