parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to jump at; to be attracted by
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
recovery; undoing; recall
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
innermost depths of one's heart
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
way; method; means; resource; course
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to move forward; to move on
otherwise; if not; or else
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize