ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to cross the line; to go too far
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to get out of bed; to show a leg
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
head; lead; vanguard; first
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to shed light; to cast light
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
in one's own way or style
double take (esp. out of surprise)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very