to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
depending on; dependent on
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
and then; and so; and; so then
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
real hair; one's own hair
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to be found; to be discovered
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
board of directors; board of trustees
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze