funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
reopening; resumption; restarting
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
one's house; one's home; one's family
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
calm; composed; cool; quiet
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
deep inside; innermost place
in the same way as; just like
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to translate; to interpret
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)