retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
one eye; one of one's eyes
to close (one's eyes); to shut
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
place; room; margin; scope
to take charge during someone's absence
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to say; to be called; to do
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
bakery; baker; pastry shop
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
connection; link; relationship
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
such; like that; that sort of; very
now that; since; so long as; because
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
(loaf of) bread; bread in a rectangular shape
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
dressed bread; bread to which something has been added (sandwich, pirogi, etc.); stuffed bread (rolls, buns, etc.)