key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
how; in what way; how about
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
two shot; photograph of two people (usu. male and female); photograph of a couple; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service that randomly connects two people for a conversation
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?