criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
selection of music; song selection
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
as much as one can; as much as possible
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
note (letter) left behind; will
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
seal over the edges of adjacent sheets; tally impression
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)