present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
victim; injured party; sufferer
meaning; significance; sense
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
for example; for instance; e.g.
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
3rd day of the month; three days
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
shopping; purchased goods
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
two persons; two people; pair; couple
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
married life; sexual activities (of a married couple); conjugal intercourse; (sexual) intimacy
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan