performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
interview (e.g. for a job)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
time; hour; period; class
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category