source of funds; resources; finances
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
hopeless; incorrigible; beyond repair; good-for-nothing; terrible
indescribable; having no way to express
within; inside of; less than
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
unconfirmed; unidentified
to order; to command; to appoint
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
real thing; original; actual
being second to none; being in a league of one's own
normal course (of action); proper course; regular way
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
several years; a few years
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
firstborn; first child; eldest child
to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to take away; to carry off
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure