starting line; starting point
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to detain; to check; to restrain
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
personal; individual; private
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
all; entire; whole; altogether