to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to some extent; to a certain extent
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
surroundings; environs; circumference
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
name; given name; first name
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
important point; point to make note of
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
spare time; free time; leisure time
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
for example; for instance; e.g.
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
snake; serpent; large snake
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to approach; to draw near
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)