sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
questions and answers; dialogue
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
voyage; passage; travelling
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
complete lie; outright lie
much less; to say nothing of
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
price increase; rise in price
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
hostile party; enemy side
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
source of information; intelligence source; message source
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately