to look around; to look towards (us)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
near; close; beside; third person
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
heaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card; crib sheet; cheat sheet
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to raise one's voice; to shout
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
(doing) karaoke by oneself
low tone; bass; low voice
head; lead; vanguard; first
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)