homecoming; returning home
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
that's true; of course; obviously
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
story; tale; talk; discussion
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
chilly; unpleasantly cold
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle