to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to roll about; to writhe about
I've got to be going; I must go
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
in proportion to; just as much as
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
way; method; means; resource; course
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
later on; eventually; afterwards
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
written explanation; written apology
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning