vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
bringing; taking; carrying
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
serious; severe; grave; acute
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to become bright; to become clear
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
quickly; swishing; whooshing
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition