to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
cork stopper; (bottle) cork
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
fifth day of the month; five days
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
the real criminal; true culprit
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
one by one; one each; one at a time
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
ingredient; component; composition
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
story; tale; talk; discussion
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
year of one's birth; one's birth year
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)