mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
welcome; (warm) reception
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
already; now; no longer; not any more
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being