juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
to be away from home; to be out of the house
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
how; in what way; in what manner
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
darkness of the night; black of night; dead of night
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
exemption; exoneration; discharge
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
health is wealth; health is your most valuable asset
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
local woman treated as a spouse by an already-married foreigner
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk