ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to try to do; to attempt to do
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
guess; speculation; supposition
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
end; close; conclusion; termination
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
pointing out; identification
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
authenticity; credibility
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
order; command; directions; instructions
to move around; to move about; to get around
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to press a question; to cross-examine
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)