ability; performance; efficiency
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
genius; prodigy; natural gift
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
expression; look; countenance; face
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
how many years; how long; what year
to threaten; to make threats
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough