seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
using for riding; passenger use
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to distract one's attention
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
when it becomes; when it comes to
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
back street; back alley; off-street
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
(not so) much; (not) very
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to press a question; to cross-examine
to stare back at; to look back at
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
absorption; suction; attraction
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
process; course; mechanism