answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
library; book collection; paperback book
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
together; at the same time; same; identical
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
while; during; while; although; all; both
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
general idea; concept; notion
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
both; both sides; both parties
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity