board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
curious; strange; unusual
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
difficult to ...; hard to ...
orders; instructions; directive; command
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to pay the bill; to settle an account
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
nice; good; well-executed
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
mission; delegation; transmission
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
number of times; frequency; count
canned juice; canned soft drink; can of juice; can of soft drink
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
estimate (of costs); budget
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
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
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie