dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
year in, year out; always; 24-7
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
two times; twice; two degrees
exclusive; attached to; specialist
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
matter for great congratulation
being left out; being ostracized
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
family; relatives; dependents; household
one day; (on) a certain day
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region