obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
physical work; manual labour (labor)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be full of pride; to be boastful
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to claim victims; to leave casualties
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
food and drink; eating and drinking
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy