the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
Ishida Mitsunari (1560-1600; samurai)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
counter for books; volume
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities