to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
adult dog; fully-grown dog; mature dog
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
to have a reason; to have an excuse
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
consequence; outcome; result; blame
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
chopping board; cutting board
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to crouch; to squat; to cower
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money