to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
threatening letter; intimidating letter
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
official announcement; proclamation
fair and square; open and aboveboard
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
anonymity; using an assumed name
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
here and there; in places
cheap article; poor quality article
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
article; news story; report; account
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to slide into; to slip into
address (on envelope, etc.)