telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
research; study; investigation
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
difficult to ...; hard to ...
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
to stare back at; to look back at
nothing but; none other than
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land