proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to wash away; to rinse off
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be worn down; to be reduced
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
one day; (on) a certain day
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
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...
way out; means to escape; escape route
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
last week; the week before
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
outside the country; abroad
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten