preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
corridor; hallway; passageway
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
all; entire; whole; altogether
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
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.)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
number one; first; best; most; game; round
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
(another's) daughter; young lady
briskly; quickly; promptly
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
while; during (the time when)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)