to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
until now; so far; up to the present
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to trace back to (the origins of something)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
outsider; someone outside of a group
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
individual; private person; personal; private
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate