inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
discipline; punishment; reprimand
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
you could say; you might say; verging on the
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
number of persons; personnel
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
literally; self-explanatorily
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
initialization (of a variable); initialisation; formatting (a disk); initialization; initialization (of a device); (factory) reset
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
nothing but; except; no more than
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)