to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
close; intimate; on good terms
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
correction; revision; amendment
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
to cause to swell; to inflame
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
answering machine; answerphone
what do you want?; can I help you?
(quality of) signal reception
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
suspicious-looking; fishy
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff