ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
relation; connection; relevance
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
why; how; for what reason
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
large amount of money; great cost
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
last night; yesterday evening
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?