route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
even without doing; even without being
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
six (long cylindrical things)
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
long ago; a long time ago; already
instability; insecurity; crankiness
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
the future; future prospects
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
to await; to wait for; to expect
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to accept; to receive; to agree
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate