labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
every year; yearly; annually
pioneer; settler; colonist
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
(Catholic) church; cathedral
to rebuild; to reconstruct
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
Magdalena (Colombia); Magdlena (Mexico)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago