to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
to investigate; to examine
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to attack; to assault; to assail
normal practice; proper practice
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to listen to in an ecstasy
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
voice quality; type of voice
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
outrageous lie; outright lie
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings