(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
second marriage; remarriage
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
view; opinion; finding; findings
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)
build; physique; frame; constitution
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
confidence; trust; faith; credit
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be sensitive to smoke; to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance
to be born; to come into the world
glove (esp. in sports); mitt; globe
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)