to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
sickroom; hospital room; ward
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
little by little; bit by bit
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
graduate student; postgraduate student
medical treatment; medical care
medicine; medical science
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
unqualified or unlicensed person; (legally) incompetent
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
maintenance; preservation; improvement