investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
to discuss; to talk together
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
writing; composition; essay; sentence
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to take off one's glasses
being startled; getting a shock
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to