uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
presumption; assumption; estimation
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
delusion; trick of the imagination
funny story; funny anecdote
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
guess; speculation; supposition
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to launch a surprise attack
clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on