halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
results; record; grades; marks
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
reality; actuality; hard fact
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
presence (impressive quality)
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to feel hungry; to get hungry
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)