first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
right and wrong; good and evil
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)
to telephone; to make a phone call
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
feeling of a house or a room
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
with a friendly grin; smilingly
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
bedside; near one's pillow
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
evening meal; dinner; supper
ultramarine colour (color)
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly