reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
about; concerning; related to; -ish
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
rather; better; instead; if anything
victim; injured party; sufferer
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
indescribable; having no way to express
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
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
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
no sleep or rest; working day and night
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to