recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to move (house); to change residence
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
suffix for familiar person
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
ecstasy (emotion); (religious) ecstasy; ecstasy (drug); MDMA
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
meaning; significance; sense
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation