close; intimate; on good terms
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
pre-war days; before the war
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
match; tournament; interschool match
teacher; instructor; professor
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
maneuvering ground; manoeuvering ground
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
so; like this; in this way