softly; mildly; gently; politely
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy
natural; reasonable; understandable
ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
great speed; recklessly fast speed
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
triangle; triangular shape
to burst (open); to break; to split
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
leather shoes; leather boots
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
one revolution; one rotation
final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity