betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to surrender one's chastity to a man
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to press a question; to cross-examine
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to grimace; to make a wry face
to be on the lookout; to lie in wait
surname; family name; last name
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
registration; accession; register; entry; record
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
impossible; unlikely; improbable
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
double; twice (as much); twofold
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
alteration; falsification; faking