to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
article; news story; report; account
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
shopping; purchased goods
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
rather; better; instead; if anything
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
door; gate; opening; title page
stairs; stairway; staircase
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)