talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to send back; to refer back
experience; history; record; career
few decades; many decades; several decades
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
as expected; as predicted
to complain; to lodge a complaint
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate
influential person; man of importance
communication skills; communication ability
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
anything and everything; just about everything
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
real intention; true motive; true meaning
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
providing information; provision of information; information provision
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)