reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
how; in what way; how about; questionable
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
study; research; investigation
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
tone (of voice); manner of talking
(some) more; even more; longer; further
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
now that; since; so long as; because
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
instead; but (on the other hand)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
unidentifiable; unidentified
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
even though; despite; when
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
great difference; big difference; wide margin
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well