to be sooty; to be stained
leather shoes; leather boots
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
rather than; more ... than ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
field; field; meadow; field (of interest, study, etc.); field; field (in a form, web page, etc.)
interior; inside; internal
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
in succession; one by one