cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to be needed; to be wanted
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
way; method; means; resource; course
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart