companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
simmering; (boiling) gently
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
one (thing); one piece; one item
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
sympathy; compassion; pity
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
time; hour; period; class
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)