hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to take away; to carry away
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
danger; peril; hazard; risk
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of