year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
and then; and so; and; so then
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
just one person; only one
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to say; to be called; to do
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
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)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
sorry; excuse me; thank you
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain