first meeting; first interview with
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to be surprised; to be astonished
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to indicate; to show; to point to
semantic content (of a term); meaning (of a sentence)
striking; remarkable; considerable
authenticity; credibility
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
difficult to ...; hard to ...
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
(clenched) fist; knuckles
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
fortune-telling; divination
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on