shellfish; seashell; shell
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
reality; actuality; hard fact
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
feeling; sense; impression
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
outcast; odd man out; pariah
an issue being settled; a case being closed
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
of course; certainly; naturally
cooperation; collaboration
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
beginning; outset; first; onset
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
if so; in that case; in that situation
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
such; like that; that sort of; very
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till