yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to this extent; to this degree; this much
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
this (very thing); this precisely
godsend; gift from providence
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
great difference; big difference; wide margin
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
to snatch from; to steal from
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
foreign; abroad; overseas
import; importation; introduction; afferent
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help