correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
cooperation; collaboration
useable footage ratio; proportion of footage that can be used for the final cut
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
in comparison to; rather than
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
impossible; unlikely; improbable
senior high school; high school
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to kick back (ball, person, etc.)
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
first of all; first thing
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to have a relationship; to have relations
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of