ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to work without sleep or rest
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
divorce; dissolution of adoption
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
greeting; a fine thing to say
to say; to tell; to state; to do
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
utmost limit; extremity; result
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
performer; entertainer; celebrity
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
perfect; perfection; perfect game
boy; son; baby boy; young man
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red