questionnaire; survey; poll
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
hostility; animosity; enmity
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
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.)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
scattered animal feed; ground bait
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
being too late; losing one's final chance
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
(another's) daughter; young lady
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now