the number of people; many people; a large number of people
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
corridor; hallway; passageway
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
the way back; the way home; return trip
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
correction; rectification; mending; repair
autumn breeze; fall breeze
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
particularly; only; in the case of
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to find out; to discover; to locate
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with