definite; final; decisive; conclusive
hostility; animosity; enmity
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
remembrance; recollection; recognition
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
river; stream; River; the ... river
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
to have an idea; to have a clue
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
difference; variation; difference
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
physical condition; state of health
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
even more; still more; further
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
failure; mistake; blunder
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly