relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
hair (on the head); (a) hair
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to wash again; to reconsider
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
personal history; background; career
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to be found; to be discovered
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to be transmitted; to be conveyed; to be leaked; to be passed along
course; route; path; process; stages
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
periodic; regular; routine
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
every year; yearly; annually
graduate; alumnus; alumna
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to accept; to receive; to agree
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)