to look stupid; to have a critical lack
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
carelessly; inattentively
to push aside; to brush aside
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
(political) power; authority; influence
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
blow; shock; strike; batting
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
(one's) seating posture; way one sits
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to slide into; to slip into
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
surname; family name; last name
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
material (data) for one's research; research material
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to smell sweet; to be fragrant