influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
competent; suitable; qualified
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
(your) judgment; discernment
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
stepping back; drawing back
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
overanxiety; needless worry
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to move forward; to move on
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
to rock; to shake; to swing
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)