surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
first meeting; first interview with
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to happen to meet; to come across
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
cooperation; collaboration
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
something; some kind of; for some reason
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
victim; injured party; sufferer
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
block (of wood); chip; splinter
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
impression given by a painting or image
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
of no interest; not interested
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)