to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
private person; individual
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
companion; company; tritagonist
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
shopping; purchased goods
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
stairs; stairway; staircase
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to mistake (A for B); to misread
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to install; to equip; to mount
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)
store interior; inside of a shop
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
floor space; area (in tsubo)
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters