missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
article; news story; report; account
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
family; members of a family
safety; welfare; well-being
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
book; volume; this; present; main; head
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
living thing; living creature; animal; life
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
courteous; decorous; polite
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that