suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
serious; severe; grave; acute
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
conviction; belief; confidence
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
faculty; professorate; group of professors
to join together; to combine; to join up
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
related to; in relation to
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
beyond that point; after that
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
individual; private person; personal; private
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
elder sister; older female friend