sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
plants and animals; flora and fauna
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
magazine; journal; periodical
planning; plan; project; arrangements
talk; dialogue; conversation
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
sense of values; values; value system
vitality; (one's) life force
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
taking someone's temperature; thermometry
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
movie; film; motion picture
while alive; during one's lifetime
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something