anchorage; anchoring; mooring
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
guardian; protector; patron; parent
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up