fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
irritation; annoyance; frustration
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
book; volume; this; present; main; head
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
horizontally striped shirt; border shirt
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
control; management (e.g. of a business)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
smuggling; contraband trade
control; management; supervision
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to