circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
I see; that's right; indeed
the other day; lately; recently
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
recommendation; referral; endorsement
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
don't you think?; indicates question
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
existence; being; presence
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
wearing one's hair in braids