close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
in one's own way or style
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
instant; moment; for an instant
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
immediately; right away; on the spot
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
side table; bedside table
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind