fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
retention; maintenance; preservation
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
number of persons; personnel
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
function; facility; faculty; feature
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
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)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
start; beginning; first step; clue
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
underling; subordinate official
however; having said that; but
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
bento; Japanese box lunch
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
station; office; guardroom
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
release from office; military service, or prison
porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence