free (of charge); gratuitous
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
indigestible; digestion-resistant; hard-to-digest
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
complete lie; outright lie
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to cover with plastic wrap (e.g. food)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that