near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
passion; temper; irritability
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
while being out of the office or away from home
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
middle of the night; dead of night
neighbourhood; neighborhood