name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
word; term; language; speech
meaning; significance; sense
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
of course; certainly; naturally
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
it is I who should say so
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
shabu-shabu; hot pot dish where thinly sliced meat is boiled quickly and then dipped in sauce
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
second basement level; subbasement
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong