investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
from the beginning; from scratch
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
to be photographed; to be projected
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
(being) worth seeing; impressive
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently
visitor's gallery; seats for the public
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to be conspicuous; to stand out
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else