to serve; to work for; to attend
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
criticism; commentary; review
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
common knowledge; well-known fact
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to withstand; to be able to endure
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to chase; to run after; to pursue
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
irritation; annoyance; frustration
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
guardian; protector; patron; parent
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to be softened; to calm down
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen