north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
lying face down; upside down; prone
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
to grant someone's request
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
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)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
duty; function; office; mission; task
personal; individual; private
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
periodic; regular; routine
to carry around; to carry on one's person
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
opposite; reverse; contrary
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry