servant; manservant; menial
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
anything and everything; just about everything
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
a long time (since the last time)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
with a start; with a jump
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
back; rear; background; behind the scenes