to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
older employee who does not have much actual work
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
not worth mentioning; nothing special; nothing in particular; no notable ...
to show up; to appear; to turn up
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
to be exhausted; to be worn out
no, not like that (but like this)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
hovering (of a helicopter, bird, etc.)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
new book; new publication