counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles
good-quality; superior in quality
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely
wrong; different; not like that
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
one or two; a few; small number
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
to count on; to anticipate; to expect
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
very busy (person or thing)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
when it becomes; when it comes to
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends