to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
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
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
the other day; a few days ago
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
second marriage; remarriage
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate