investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
letter; missive; note; mail
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
calling by name; designation; nomination
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
blunder; slip; error; error
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
impossible; unlikely; improbable
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
manly; masculine; like a man
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
sweet voice; seductive voice
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to stop talking; to be silent
to be discouraged; to shrink from
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
two by two; by twos; as a couple
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere