being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
very young; little; childish; immature
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
preference; priority; precedence
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
that day; the very same day
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
singularity; singular point
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
discovery; detection; finding
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
assumption; supposition; hypothesis