cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
how; in what way; how about
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
parts; accessories; components
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
supply; provision; raising; procurement
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
around the world; throughout the world
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
when it becomes; when it comes to