to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
bonsai; miniature potted plant
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
information bureau; intelligence department
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
safe day (when unprotected sex is less likely to lead to conception)
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean