meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
conduct; behavior; behaviour
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
very popular; highly favoured
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
the other day; a few days ago
vertically structured society
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
contradiction; inconsistency
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
both; both sides; both parties
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt