near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
if you do this; if this is the case
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
even if ...; even supposing that ...