wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
feeling of a house or a room
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
aspect; phase; condition; modality
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
(necessary) personnel; required person
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to add (e.g. a postscript)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
fixing; securing in place; getting agreement (time, place, etc.); repairing; fixing; fixed window
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
as you please; in any way you like; as you wish
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
31st day of the month; 31 days
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away