check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
moisture; humidity; dampness
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; blankly; vacantly
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
stupid brat; son of a bitch
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
suffix for familiar person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy