estimate (of costs); budget
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
surroundings; environs; circumference
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
report; notification; registration
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
dugong (Dugong dugon); sea pig
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study