severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
favourite motto; pet saying
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
Ghanzi (Botswana); Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
extensive knowledge; erudition
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
listening device; bug; wiretap
piece; fragment; one (object)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)