incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
dealing with; coping with
pointing out; identification
to close (one's eyes); to shut
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
planning stage; planning stages
production (e.g. play); direction
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to seize (secure) evidence
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to subsist; to keep on living
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
(suffering) damage; injury; harm