potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
corridor; hallway; passageway
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
tension; mental strain; nervousness
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
study; library; den; home office; reading room
performance of one's official duties
chair; stool; post; office; position
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
thereupon; shortly thereafter
while; during (the time when)
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
I see; that's right; indeed
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to turn towards; to point
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
explosion; rupture; break off
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading