work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
if you think about it; come to think of it
rational; reasonable; logical
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
suspicious character (person, figure)
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
first meeting; first interview with
hereabouts; around there; that area
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
of course; certainly; naturally
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
kanji "water" radical (radical 85); corruption; graft; alcohol; sake
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch