one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
one hole; toilet bowl (for both urination and defecation); effective point for moxibustion; one-woman man
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
long ago; already; a long time ago
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
sympathy; compassion; pity
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
to be needed; to be wanted
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
right in the center (centre)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
either way; in any case; one way or another
fingering (of a musical instrument)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)