dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
mountain top; summit; peak
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
climbing to the summit; summiting
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
small hill; low hill; hillock
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
talk; conversation; dialogue
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally