contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
please (give me); please (do for me)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to have (something) innate; to be born with
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
should; must; -able; probably; likely
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
discovery; detection; finding
police; police officer; police station
murder; homicide; manslaughter
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to read the situation; to sense the mood
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression