one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
while; even though; despite
to face; to go towards; to head towards
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party