vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
god of thunder; Raijin (god of thunder)
to get hungry; to become hungry
just past noon; afternoon
in search of; in order to look for
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
all; entire; whole; altogether
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
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)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
being good-for-nothing; useless person
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
vitality; ability to earn a living
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
store; shop; establishment; restaurant