escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
timewasting; killing time
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
matter of time; question of time
hot topic; talk of the town
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
notice; attention; observation
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to come to one's senses; to calm down
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
annual (plant); first-year student
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
bento; Japanese box lunch
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional