investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to distract a person's attention
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
blast (wind); blast (explosion)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
adhesive power; viscosity
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
exhaust sound; exhaust note
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
three; three years of age
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
bodily sensation; sense; experience
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?