spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to throw at; to turn; to raise
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
very likely; very probable
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
period of time; time slot; time zone
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
in search of; in order to look for
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
right under; directly below; right beneath
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
every evening; night after night
(a person's) appearance; looks
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible