maintenance; preservation; improvement
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
of course; certainly; naturally
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
because; for; the reason why is ...
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
defense (esp. in sports); defence
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
moderate; proper; just right
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to launch a surprise attack