to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
using as an intermediary; through
to concern; to be related
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to collect; to assemble; to gather
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to be surprised; to be astonished
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
honorific/polite/humble prefix
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to gain fame; to make one's name
flustered; confused; panicked
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being