to suit; to match; to become; to be like
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to watch steadily; to stare
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
(not) even once; (not) ever
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
street at night; making a night journey
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
like this; in this way; as you see
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
use; utilization; utilisation; application
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
cooking; food preparation
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
full tank (esp. of gasoline); full capacity (of a battery, receptacle, etc.)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness