thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
time; hour; period; class
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
next; secondly; subsequently
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
close; intimate; on good terms
inside one's heart; in one's mind
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
in that manner; like that
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to speak ill of; to disparage
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
with these words; while saying
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)