cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
in advance; beforehand; previously
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
the opposite direction; the other way
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
close; intimate; on good terms
very likely; very probable
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
one thin flat object; one sheet
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
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
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
memory; sense; experience
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
vocal sound; tone of voice
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement