resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
very likely; very probable
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
behind with everything; too late; reactive
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing