surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to say; to be called; to do