secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
briskly; quickly; promptly
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
shameless; shameless person
greeting; a fine thing to say
to choke; to have trouble breathing
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
interview (e.g. for a job)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
welcome; (warm) reception
free time; spare time; idle moment
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
the way back; the way home; return trip
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
one-by-one; separately; in detail
curiosity; inquisitiveness; nosy person; busybody
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour