brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
complete set; all; everything
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
gold and jewels; precious object
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
no!; no no!; no, not at all
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
middle of the night; dead of night
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion