present; gift; to give a present or gift
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
in comparison to; rather than
number one; first; best; most; game; round
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(not) even once; (not) ever
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
several weeks; a few weeks
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away