hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
the same; the said; likewise
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
remaining quantity; residual quantity
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
grasp; catch; understanding
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
complete recovery of health
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
general idea; concept; notion
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be