to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
just because; even if; even though
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
debt collection; debt collector
last night; yesterday evening
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
company president; manager; director
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
company name; name of a company
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...