waste-disposal facility; landfill; garbage dump
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
other side; opposite side; other party
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
name; given name; first name
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
article; news story; report; account
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
(some) more; even more; longer; further
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
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; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
program (e.g. TV); programme
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)