to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
what proportion; what percentage
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
established practice; custom
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
corridor; hallway; passageway
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
trademark gag; trademark routine
region; limits; stage; level
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
plaything; playing (with a toy); gambling; activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to be jealous; to be envious
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full