birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to begin; to set about; to start
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
it is I who should say so
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
any more; any further; any better; any longer
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to take over; to hand over
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing