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 succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
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
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
piece; fragment; one (object)
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); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
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; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
time; hour; period; class
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
well then ...; in that situation; in which 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; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
person with a bounty on their head