to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to have an eye on; to zero in on
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
automatic; intransitive verb
restoration; repair; mending
function; facility; faculty; feature
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
embodiment; realization; materialization
(killing) sword; blade; steel
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
right beside; close to; nearby
chief; main; principal; major
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to come and go; to go back and forth
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
fourth day of the month; four days
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal