whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
again; once more; a second time
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound