small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to close (one's eyes); to shut
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
such; like that; that sort of
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
such; this sort of; like this
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
obedience; submission; resignation
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
confidential; secret; classified
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise