stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
that is to say; so that means
to smoke animal out of its den
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
war; battle; match; game; competition
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to sniff out; to get wind of
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity