studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.
interview (e.g. for a job)
stocking up (on); hoarding
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
shachihoko; shachi; mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish; roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
hey there; I say; see here
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
stairs; stairway; staircase
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
to appoint; to assign; to designate
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
make-up; makeup; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)