to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
sentiment; sentimentality
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
judgment; judgement; discernment
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
surveillance camera; security camera
classification; categorization; sorting
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
gliding (through the air)
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do