near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
very; extremely; excessively
how should I know?; don't ask me
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
large amount of money; great cost
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
meteor; shooting star; falling star
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after