intimacy; friendship; familiarity
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to give directions; to issue instructions
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
difference; disparity; gap
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
with no effort at all; easily
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
inscrutable; incomprehensible
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
(being) worth seeing; impressive
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
transcendence; excellence; superiority
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
two (long cylindrical things)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate