locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
glorious achievement; distinguished service
phone duty; being on call
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
to live; to reside; to inhabit
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
hello; good day; good afternoon
blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
dietary fiber; dietary fibre
beginning; outset; first; onset
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture