I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to be helpful; to be useful
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
to be reflected in a mirror
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
spirit photography; ghost photography
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
gosu porcelain; asbolite; zaffer
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time