to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
investigation; research; looking something up
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
cultural assets; cultural property
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
testimony; (verbal) evidence
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)