intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
inspection; examination; survey
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
number of people; population; human head
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
unidentified mysterious animal
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
spine (of book); binding (of book)
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
family structure; family composition; family makeup
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
news programme; news program
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to stop talking; to be silent
cooperation; coordination; link
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
now that; since; so long as; because