national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
tail (animal); tail end; tip
and then; and so; and; so then
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to show up; to appear; to turn up
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
indolence; laziness; sloth
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
expression; look; countenance; face
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
supplementary information
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
mass infection; infection outbreak; infection cluster