regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
even if; even though; however; no matter how
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
fuel consumption; gas mileage
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
instead; but (on the other hand)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
senility; dotage; decrepitude
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
everywhere; all over; throughout