change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
useless resistance; vain struggle
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
compensating; making up for; supplementation
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
indicate reason; infers some protest
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
surely; certainly; without doubt
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to hand over; to surrender
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")