log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
body; physique; build; stature
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
considerably; greatly; a lot
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to die out; to become extinct
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
income; receipts; revenue
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
that day; the very same day
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
mountain top; summit; peak
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially