becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
good news; happy news; glad tidings
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to remove; to move out of the way
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to keep standing; to stand motionless
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
even though it is not; despite not
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
operation; functioning; running
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")