favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to have meaning; to be meaningful
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to increase; to add to; to augment
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
from here; from this place
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
course of a thrown ball; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
in succession; one after another
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
light; right; right field; right fielder
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive