scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
district; section; sector
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
difference; variation; difference
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
murder; killing; murderer
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to find out; to discover; to locate
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of