incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to wash away; to rinse off
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
nonburnable garbage; nonflammables
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
depression; recession; slump
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
illegal employment; illegal work; unauthorized labor
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
international parcel post (Japan Post international mail service for packages weighing less than 30 kg)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
letter; missive; note; mail
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to be discouraged; to shrink from
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)