to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
yeah; you're right; that's right
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
waste of time; killing time
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
height (of body); stature
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
either way; in any case; one way or another
bacterium; bacteria; germ
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor