entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
the real criminal; true culprit
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
by myself; in person; by oneself
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
in proportion to; just as much as
to have a talk; to tell a story
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
counterfeit paper money; forged document
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
one thin flat object; one sheet
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly