demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
clever; bright; smart; intelligent
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
design; idea; conception; plan
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
details; particulars; everything; every last detail
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
reluctant to; not inclined to; disinclined; unwilling
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
messenger; envoy; emissary
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed