rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to cease; to stop; to be over
ancient time; age of the gods
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
in perfect form; going swimmingly
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
in succession; one after another
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
petty underling; small fry
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
together (with); at the same time; in a lump