number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
study; diligence; discount; reduction
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
such; like that; that sort of; very
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
originally; by nature; from the start
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
written request; request for ...; application for ...
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome