judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
what kind of; what sort of; what
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
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)
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
rival; competitor; competition
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
patient; sufferer (of an illness)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
the part of the eyebrows near the middle forehead; inner ends of one's eyebrows
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat