to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
and yet; though; when; in spite of
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
faultless; flawless; perfect; impeccable; unimpeachable; beyond reproach
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
to shake; to waver; to tremble
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
curious; strange; unusual
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
(having) two choices; choice between two things
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
correction; revision; amendment