to pull in (fish); to land
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
grey moustache; white beard
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
responsibility; duty; obligation
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
intelligence or information network
orphan; person without friends
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
race (of people); type of person
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
account book; register; ledger
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
now that you say that; now that you mention it
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
wyvern (two-legged dragon); wivern
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end