plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
posterity; future life; life to come
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
document; official papers
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to become dim; to become blurred
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
now that you say that; now that you mention it
small; fine; detailed; stingy
dried-up river; wadi; dry arroyo
sphere; counter for balls
shell (e.g. electron shell)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
installation (esp. software)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)