getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to fight against; to oppose; to face
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
topic of discussion; agenda
providing information; provision of information; information provision
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
for example; for instance; e.g.
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
calming down; quieting down
to underrate; to make light of
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
source of information; intelligence source; message source
plural; multiple; plural (number)
very likely; very probable
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up