fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
folklore studies; folkloristics
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
such; like that; in that way
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
many; a lot; much; multitude
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
a matter for speculation; only conjecture; just guesswork
law-like nature; regularity
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
with a start; with a jump
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
murder; killing; murderer
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire