bringing; taking; carrying
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
remote control; remote operation
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
timewise; temporal; chronal
to do together; to share; to participate in
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
prospects of victory; chances of success
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
sincere; honest; faithful
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
early on; earlier on; from early
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
profitable plan; good plan
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa