August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
as a child; when one was a child
considerably; greatly; a lot
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
personal identification number; PIN; password number
all you want; as much as one wants
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to throw into; to dump in together
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)