expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
to loiter around; to wander about
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
omitted character; omitted letter
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
control; management (e.g. of a business)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky