shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to be overcome with emotion
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
thought; consideration; thinking
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
mediation; good offices; go-between; building a bridge
right under; directly below; right beneath
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length