vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
good-for-nothing; worthless
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to be flexible; to be accommodating
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
three; three years of age
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
at once; immediately; right now
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to thrust away; to send flying
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
one by one; one each; one at a time
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be cleared of a charge
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort