ago; since; before; previous
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
cooking; food preparation
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
now that you say that; now that you mention it
looking on from afar; being a spectator
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
nightlife; night amusements
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
concentrated fire; intense criticism
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
mission; delegation; transmission
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
wherein; therein; thereinto
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily