character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
news; word; tidings; omen
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to go ahead; to pull ahead
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to hand over; to surrender
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs