fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
contact; touch; contact lens
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
no!; no no!; no, not at all
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
takenoko nyokki; group game in which players put their hands together and try to raise them while saying "nyokki" without speaking over anyone else until only one player (the loser) remains
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed