occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
absolutely; positively; decidedly
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
this (very thing); this precisely
genuine; authentic; true; real
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
far away in the distance; in the far distance
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
defense; defence; safeguard; protection