green beans; French beans; string beans
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
little by little; bit by bit
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
here and there; in places
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to watch steadily; to stare
simmer; bubble out; flow out
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
small saucepan; small pot
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
to keep in mind; to memorize
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)