to get information out of a person; to begin listening
how; in what way; how about; questionable
profitable plan; good plan
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
nature; property; disposition
simplified version; abridged edition
such; this sort of; like this
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
chance (of success); odds
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to be touching; to be moving
one-by-one; separately; in detail
until now; so far; up to the present
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
(social) position; status
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to look down on; to make light of
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to have no chance (of succeeding)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
cannot be compared with; no match for
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant